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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Swartwout suggest that Charlie do rather than publish anything harmful to Burr?
(a) Receive donations from his friends.
(b) Sell his book to a publisher.
(c) Sell their child when Helen gives birth.
(d) Sell Helen's jewelry.

2. In Burr's divorce from Eliza, whom does Eliza hire as her attorney?
(a) Levi Weeks.
(b) Martin van Buren.
(c) Alexander Hamilton's son.
(d) Aaron Columbus Burr.

3. What are Burr and Charlie discussing in his office when Mrs. Burr arrives by carriage?
(a) Burr's miserable marriage.
(b) Burr's memoirs.
(c) Burr's financial trouble.
(d) Burr's bid for the presidency.

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

5. Which of the following individuals is not a part of Publius?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) John Jay.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Burr, how many children did he have with his first wife?

2. What role does Wilkinson ask Burr to take in the Spanish Conspiracy?

3. Who challenges Burr on his position of support of the French people in their revolution?

4. What does Burr title his 17th memoir?

5. How old is Burr when he first meets James Madison?

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