Reading: Read the following article about the amazing similarities between the assassination of John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln; then do the exercises that follow it. Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. Voters elected John F. Kennedy to Congress in 1946. Lincoln was elected president in 1860. Voters elected Kennedy president in 1960. Both men were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost their children while living in the White House. Lincoln was shot on a Friday. Someone shot Kennedy on a Friday. Lincoln was shot in the head. The gunman shot Kennedy in the head. Lincoln's secretary was called Kennedy. Kennedy's secretary was called Lincoln. Lincoln was assassinated by a Southerner. A Southerner assassinated Kennedy. Lincoln was succeeded by a Southerner named Johnson. A Southerner named Johnson succeeded Kennedy. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939. Both assassins were known by their three names and both names are composed of fifteen letters. Lincoln was shot at a theatre named “Ford”. The gunman shot Kennedy in a car called a “Lincoln” that the company Ford made. Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse. Oswald ran from a warehouse and the police caught him in a theatre. Booth was assassinated before his trial. Someone assassinated Oswald before his trial. And finally, a week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland. A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe! 6. How good is your memory? Answer the following questions without looking back at the previous text. 1. On which day of the week were both presidents killed? . 2. Who killed Kennedy? . 3. What was the name of the presidents that succeeded both Kennedy and Lincoln? . 4. Where was Lincoln a week before his death? . 5. Who was born in 1908? . 6. When was Kennedy elected? . 7. Where was Lincoln shot? . 8. What issue were both presidents involved with?
