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