John Wilkes Booth
  • 1. In which year was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) 1901
B) 1798
C) 1865
D) 1838
  • 2. What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation?
A) Actor
B) Doctor
C) Politician
D) Farmer
  • 3. Who was the president assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) George Washington
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 4. In which theater did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
A) Kennedy Center
B) Apollo Theater
C) Ford's Theatre
D) Radio City Music Hall
  • 5. What was John Wilkes Booth's nationality?
A) British
B) French
C) American
D) Russian
  • 6. Who aided John Wilkes Booth in his escape after the assassination?
A) Mary Surratt
B) Robert E. Lee
C) David Herold
D) Abraham Lincoln
  • 7. What was the name of the play being performed when John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln?
A) Romeo and Juliet
B) Hamlet
C) Our American Cousin
D) Macbeth
  • 8. What was the name of the doctor who attended to Abraham Lincoln after he was shot?
A) Simon Bodgett
B) Mudd Gatrich
C) Charles Leale
D) Samuel Mudd
  • 9. What was John Wilkes Booth's father's name?
A) Junius Brutus Booth
B) George Washington Booth
C) Abraham Lincoln Booth
D) Thomas Jefferson Booth
  • 10. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's fiancĂ©e?
A) Clara Harris
B) Mary Todd Lincoln
C) Lucy Hale
D) Laura Keene
  • 11. At what age did John Wilkes Booth die?
A) 32
B) 40
C) 50
D) 26
  • 12. Which group did John Wilkes Booth belong to that initially planned to abduct Abraham Lincoln?
A) Masons
B) Ku Klux Klan
C) Illuminati
D) Knights of the Golden Circle
  • 13. Who was the Vice President at the time of Lincoln's assassination?
A) James A. Garfield
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Andrew Johnson
D) William McKinley
  • 14. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's popular sister who was a stage actress?
A) Elizabeth Booth
B) Catherine Booth
C) Mary Ann Booth
D) Asia Booth
  • 15. How many days after Lincoln's assassination was John Wilkes Booth killed?
A) 20
B) 12
C) 5
D) 30
  • 16. What was the name of the lead detective in the search for John Wilkes Booth?
A) Edwin M. Stanton
B) Thomas Eckert
C) William H. Seward
D) Lafayette C. Baker
  • 17. Where was John Wilkes Booth killed by Union troops?
A) Maryland
B) Georgia
C) Pennsylvania
D) Virginia
  • 18. In what city was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B) Bel Air, Maryland
C) Richmond, Virginia
D) Boston, Massachusetts
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