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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many delegates were at the Constitutional Convention?
(a) Unknown, no specific records were kept.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Thirteen, one for each colony.
(d) One hundred and three.

2. Where was Hamilton struck by the bullet in the duel?
(a) His left arm, just above the elbow.
(b) HIs right side, four inches above his hip.
(c) His right leg, in the main artery.
(d) The right temple.

3. Where, according to the Constitution, does sovreignity in the United States lie?
(a) With the President.
(b) With the states.
(c) With the people.
(d) At Fort Knox.

4. According to the author, what action would have ended the move for American Independence?
(a) Better use of horses by either army.
(b) The invention of the atomic bomb.
(c) Spain's entry into the war on the side of America.
(d) British commanders prosecuting the war more vigorously.

5. What term has changed in meaning from an inferior being to one of respect and might in the world?
(a) Republican.
(b) American.
(c) Writer.
(d) Whig.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a hair-trigger?

2. What was Aaron Burr's official title in the USA government?

3. What country is the oldest enduring republic in world history?

4. What was an "interview at Weehawkan"?

5. According to the author, why did Burr go to the duel?

(see the answer key)

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