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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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(c) He says that the story may or may not be published depending on quality.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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Burr's first wife?

2. How does Charlie justify his trip to Mrs. Rosanna Townsend's brothel?

3. How does Hamilton feel about becoming a political leader?

4. When did Burr write most of his notes regarding the Revolutionary War?

5. What is Burr's opinion about Henry Clay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the events surrounding the trial of Levi Weeks.

2. How do Charlie and Helen persuade Mrs. Townsend to allow Helen to leave the brothel, and how does Charlie feel about her presence when she first starts living with him?

3. Describe the accounting of Burr and Hamilton's duel that Burr gives when Leggett presses him for details.

4. When Mrs. Burr shows up at Burr's office, what does she tell Charlie in the carriage?

5. Describe the different ways that Washington and others believe that he should be addressed. Explain any reasoning behind these titles.

6. Describe how other nations react to early America as a new governing nation and how France's revolution impacts the US.

7. What does Burr notice about Thomas Jefferson when he visits him at his home at Monticello in 1795?

8. On what matter does Washington ask Burr's advice, what advice does Burr give him, and what does he do with this advice?

9. What do Leggett and Mr. Bryant want Charlie to use his relationship with Burr to do and why?

10. What is the result of the Presidential election of 1800 and how is the decision made?

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