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