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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1833, Chapter Twelve | 1834, Chapter One.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is able to get Burr's partners to leave when they come looking for money for the Texas land scheme?
(a) Mrs. Burr.
(b) Charlie.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Burr.

3. What is Burr's lasting malady from his stroke?
(a) He has no lasting maladies.
(b) He is blind in one eye.
(c) His leg is paralyzed.
(d) His entire body twitches.

4. How does Charlie justify his trip to Mrs. Rosanna Townsend's brothel?
(a) He convinces himself it is for research purposes.
(b) He goes to visit a woman who he has been in love with for a while.
(c) He is related to Mrs. Rosanna Townsend.
(d) He doesn't justify it other than to say he wants to go to a brothel.

5. When Mrs. Burr meets with Charlie after Burr's partners in the Texas land scheme come looking for him, what does Mrs. Burr claim her husband has sold?
(a) Her business.
(b) Her second carriage and horses for half of what they are worth.
(c) Her tea set and collection of china.
(d) Her grandmother's wedding band.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the outcome of the battle at White Plains?

3. Who was Burr's first wife?

4. When Charlie asks if his story about Burr being Van Buren's father will be printed in The Evening Post, how does Leggett respond?

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

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