Burr Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Burr Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1835, Chapter Six - Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Swartwout introduces Charlie to a publisher who is willing to pay Charlie for his research; who does this publisher want to write the biography about Burr?
(a) Davy Crockett.
(b) Sam Houston.
(c) Leggett.
(d) Charlie.

2. For what position does Burr ask for his brother-in-law, James Brown?
(a) Secretary of the Louisiana Territory.
(b) Supreme Court Justice.
(c) Judge of the Superior Court in New Orleans.
(d) Governor of the Louisiana Territory.

3. In the year that John Adams becomes President, how many votes does Burr receive for the Presidency?
(a) 45.
(b) 69.
(c) 30.
(d) 71.

4. What does the journal that Charlie finds in Burr's trunk describe?
(a) His encounters with a prostitute.
(b) The Revolutionary War.
(c) His dislike of the government.
(d) His day-to-day life with his children.

5. How does Helen convince Mrs. Townsend to let her live with Charlie?
(a) She says she is in love.
(b) She says she is tired of being a prostitute.
(c) She says she is pregnant.
(d) She says she is getting married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Burr and Charlie discussing in his office when Mrs. Burr arrives by carriage?

2. How much of Charlie's story about Burr's wedding is published in The Evening Post?

3. What position does Burr hope to obtain if Louisiana and Mexico are liberated?

4. Why does Burr surrender to the governor of the Mississippi Territory on January 17, 1807?

5. How does Burr punish the men who tried to shoot him?

(see the answer key)

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