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Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
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The Assassination of President Lincoln
Question 1 of 5
What thought "strangely" occurred to Keckley as she watched Lincoln give his last public speech, lit by a lamp at the White House window?
A
That he looked like a king addressing his subjects
B
That Tad should not be holding the lamp so close to his father
C
That the President seemed too exhausted to keep governing
D
How easy it would be to shoot him from the crowd, with no one able to identify the shooter
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