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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristic do the "bright" slaves that Burr describes have?
(a) Dark eyes.
(b) Light eyes.
(c) Light skin.
(d) Short legs.

2. What does Burr tell Charlie to tell Mrs. Burr when she arrives?
(a) That he is leaving her.
(b) That he is waiting upstairs.
(c) That he was expecting her.
(d) That he is in court.

3. In what year does Burr's wife, Theodosia, die?
(a) 1803.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1824.
(d) 1794.

4. To what does Burr credit his success in his duel against Hamilton?
(a) His trickery.
(b) His calmness.
(c) His marksmanship.
(d) His courage.

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

6. In which city does Burr keep a mistress, according to Mrs. Burr?
(a) Jersey City.
(b) Boston.
(c) Rutherford.
(d) New York.

7. What is Madame Jumel's connection to Napoleon?
(a) Napoleon could have used her ship to escape.
(b) Napoleon is her cousin.
(c) Napoleon once sold her a ship.
(d) Napoleon and she were lovers.

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

9. Who is able to get Burr's partners to leave when they come looking for money for the Texas land scheme?
(a) Charlie.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Burr.
(d) Mrs. Burr.

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

11. Who is the Whig candidate in the 1884 election for mayor?
(a) Verplanck.
(b) Leggett.
(c) Hamilton.
(d) Hall.

12. Where does Mrs. Burr ask Charlie to meet after Burr's partners in the Texas land scheme come looking for him?
(a) The Alley.
(b) The Chapel.
(c) Burr's Office.
(d) The City Hotel.

13. What are the Tory-Federalists also known as?
(a) Anti-Federalists.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Whigs.
(d) Democrats.

14. What does Publius support?
(a) A strong Federalist government.
(b) Support from France.
(c) The lack of states' rights.
(d) A weak Federalist government.

15. From what do John Seargeant and Dr. Hutchison die?
(a) Consumption.
(b) The plague.
(c) The yellow fevor.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burr identify, at age 19, as George Washington's only good quality?

2. From what type of background does Hamilton come?

3. To whom does Burr compare Arnold in his attempt to invade Canada?

4. What does the journal that Charlie finds in Burr's trunk describe?

5. Within 6 months of taking office, with which powerful family in New York does Jefferson renew his alliance?

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