2. What was the name of the report Hamilton wrote that started the need for this compromise?
(a) The New Republic.
(b) The Pickwick Papers.
(c) CNN White Paper on Finances.
(d) Report on the Public Credit.

3. What did John Adams see as the paradox facing the new republic?
(a) The needs of the many outweigh the needs of a few.
(b) Legislating for 20 or 30 states, when all of the known legislative history had been for just one state.
(c) The new title of the republic versus its goals.
(d) Tories versus Whigs.

4. Where was Alexander Hamilton born?
(a) Delhi, India.
(b) Honolulu, Hawaii.
(c) New Orleans, LA.
(d) Island of Nevis, West Indies.

5. What was the name of Hamilton's new country house?
(a) Monticello.
(b) The Grange.
(c) Hearst Castle.
(d) Mt. Vernon.

6. Why was there a dispute about who won the 1800 Presidential Election?
(a) George Washington decided at the last minute to make a bid for re-election.
(b) Both candidates earned the same number of votes in the electoral college, but no one was specifically mentioned as the Presidential candidate.
(c) There was considerable voting fraud and a recount was ordered.
(d) There were too many candidates to declare a majority.

7. How many contributions did Hamilton make to The Federalist Papers?
(a) Fifty-one.
(b) One.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Forty-three.

8. Burr was blocked by Hamilton in his quest to be come the American minister to what country?
(a) England.
(b) China.
(c) Mexico.
(d) France.

9. What, in the author's opinion, is the main mystery about the duel?
(a) Who was the winner of the duel.
(b) Who was present at the duel.
(c) Whether either man fired their shots with the intent to kill.
(d) The exact location of the duel.

10. What was the total amount of debt the United States was facing in 1790?
(a) 77.1 million dollars.
(b) 355 million dollars.
(c) 25.3 million dollars.
(d) 4.5 thousand dollars.

11. On the subject of Hamilton's financial proposal, what was the main issue?
(a) Agrarian versus commercial sources of wealth.
(b) Black versus White.
(c) Gold versus Silver.
(d) Abolition versus Slavery.

12. What was the main item on the agenda for the dinner?
(a) Hamilton's upcoming duel with Aaron Burr.
(b) Hamilton's financial plan for the new government.
(c) What color to paint the presidential residence.
(d) Rumors about Dolly Madison.

13. In what city did this dinner take place?
(a) New York City.
(b) Boston, MA.
(c) Seattle, WA.
(d) Atlanta, GA.

14. What does the author consider the years of 1787-1788 for America?
(a) The founding movement that established American nationhood.
(b) The war between the states.
(c) The golden years.
(d) The revolutionary war.

15. What is considered to be the main asset the new republic possessed?
(a) British stocks and bonds.
(b) Good intentions.
(c) Vast continent of North America, with all its resources.
(d) Gold mine in Pennsylvania.