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