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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two recognized methods to tell the story of the American formative years?
(a) Communisim and Democracy.
(b) Washington and Adams.
(c) Pure Republicanism and the Jeffersonian interpretations.
(d) Tories and Whigs.

2. What is a hair-trigger?
(a) A method of pulling the trigger on a weapon.
(b) Part of the gun that has been used to comb a man's hair.
(c) The result of a weapon being left outdoors overnight.
(d) A device on a gun that allows a much smaller amount of pressure to pull the trigger.

3. When did Hamilton die?
(a) A year later, in a boating accident.
(b) Immediately.
(c) Two weeks later, July 25, 1804.
(d) The next day, July 12, 1804.

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

5. Why did the duel take place in such an out of the way location?
(a) To avoid accidental shooting of passersby.
(b) Because it is a very noisy activity.
(c) Because it was near a hospital.
(d) Dueling was illegal in the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, whose version of the duel outcome has persevered through history?

2. What did John Adams ask his wife to save for history?

3. What is considered to be the main asset the new republic possessed?

4. What, in the author's opinion, is the main mystery about the duel?

5. According to the author, what event brought the longstanding rivalry between Burr and Hamilton to a head?

(see the answer key)

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