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