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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the outcome of the battle at White Plains?
(a) The Canadians are defeated.
(b) Washington is defeated.
(c) The British are defeated.
(d) The French are defeated.

2. What does General Washington wish to be called when he is elected president?
(a) His Mightiness.
(b) The President.
(c) The King.
(d) His Excellency.

3. After Burr's wife, Theodosia, dies, where does Burr live?
(a) At Mrs. Jumel's.
(b) At Mrs. Payne's.
(c) At Mrs. Townsend's.
(d) At Mrs. Hamilton's.

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?
(a) He says that the story may or may not be published depending on quality.
(b) He says he has an alternate publisher who will publish it for free.
(c) He says that the story will definitely run in the Evening Post.
(d) He says he has an alternate publisher who will pay a lot of money.

5. What is the name of the girl with whom Charlie falls in love at Mrs. Rosanna Townsend's brothel?
(a) Theodosia Provost.
(b) Helen Jewett.
(c) Eliza Jumel.
(d) Rosanna Townsend.

6. According to Burr, what did the Whigs want in the Revolutionary War?
(a) American Independence.
(b) French Rule.
(c) British Rule.
(d) Subdivided Rule between Britian and the U.S.

7. What is Burr researching when he studies and copies papers from 5 to 10 in the morning?
(a) The Constitution.
(b) The political parties.
(c) The Revolutionary War.
(d) Abolition.

8. Who is Reginald Gower?
(a) The boy who Charlie and Helen see involved with another man.
(b) The man who buys Mrs. Townsend's brothel.
(c) The long lost son of Aaron Burr.
(d) The publisher who offers Charlie $1000 for a spurious pamphlet on Burr.

9. To whom does Burr compare Arnold in his attempt to invade Canada?
(a) Gengis Kahn.
(b) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) George Washington.

10. What happened to the judge who presided over Elma Sands' murder trial?
(a) He was dismissed of duties.
(b) He was promoted.
(c) He vanished.
(d) He was found strangled in his bed.

11. What does Burr identify, at age 19, as George Washington's only good quality?
(a) He comes from a well-off family.
(b) He is young and muscular.
(c) He is an experienced leader.
(d) He has the demeanor of a general.

12. How does Hamilton feel about becoming a political leader?
(a) He embraces it.
(b) He feels angry.
(c) He feels obligated.
(d) He is reluctant.

13. From where do terms such as "citizen" and "citizeness" embraced by early Americans come?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Native Americans.

14. Who is Sam Swartwout?
(a) The manager of the bar.
(b) A senator.
(c) The assistant to the president.
(d) The collecter of the port of New York.

15. What does John Adams tell Burr about Jefferson's motivations?
(a) He says Jefferson intends to promote himself by stirring the people against Adams.
(b) He says Jefferson intends to promote himself by stirring the people against Hamilton.
(c) He says Jefferson intends to promote himself by stirring the people against Burr.
(d) He says Jefferson intends to promote himself by stirring the people against France.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Burr first visit Jefferson at Monticello?

2. During a 1793 meeting with Jefferson, what does Burr say about Hamilton's military record?

3. In what year does Burr's wife, Theodosia, die?

4. How old is Burr when he marries Madame Jumel?

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

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