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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. Who wins the 1884 election for mayor?
(a) Verplanck.
(b) Hall.
(c) Leggett.
(d) Hamilton.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is John Marshall related to Jefferson?

2. For what reason does Burr leave the military?

3. What characteristic do the "bright" slaves that Burr describes have?

4. Who is Reginald Gower?

5. How does Burr punish the men who tried to shoot him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. What does Charlie find out during the wedding of Burr to Madame Jumel?

4. Describe the differences between Thomas Jefferson and Burr's interpretations of Burr's political actions.

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

6. Who makes up Publius and what is their purpose?

7. After Burr's investment partners in the Texas land scheme come looking for him, what does Mrs. Burr tell Charlie at the City Hotel?

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. How does Burr persuade Jefferson to run for President with Burr as his Vice President?

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

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