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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 does Mr. Bryant offer to do to keep Charlie from publishing the pamphlet?
(a) Help Charlie get an editorship.
(b) Help Charlie get a government position.
(c) Help Charlie raise money.
(d) Help Charlie get published somewhere else.

2. Where was Charlie located when he wrote a book about the lowlands?
(a) Nice.
(b) Amalfi.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Antwerp.

3. Where do Burr and Charlie discuss the duel of Burr and Hamilton?
(a) At Burr's office.
(b) At the original site of the duel.
(c) At Richmond House.
(d) At Charlie's room he is renting.

4. What role does Wilkinson ask Burr to take in the Spanish Conspiracy?
(a) He wants him to take over Louisiana.
(b) He wants him to distract the French.
(c) He wants him to negotiate with Spain.
(d) He wants him to be the leader of the Mexican conquest.

5. In Burr's treason trial, who determines that a President can be called into court?
(a) Nelson Chase.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) John Marshall.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. When talking to Merry, what does Burr refrain from doing?

2. What would happen to Charlie if anyone discovered Helen's occupation?

3. Why is Mr. Bryant acting as standing editor for Leggett?

4. Where does Jefferson claim that Burr's treasonous act occurred in December of 1806?

5. How does Jefferson guarantee his reelection?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Jefferson play in Burr's treason trial after he is captured on February 19, 1807? What is his purpose?

2. How does Burr feel about the Constitutional power given to the President? What other ideas does he have about the Constitution?

3. Describe Burr's initial conversation with Anthony Merry.

4. What does Mrs. Townsend say to Charlie when he tries to come visit Helen, who has left him?

5. How much is the publisher to which Sam Swartwout introduces Charlie willing to pay for Burr's memoirs, and what are the stipulations?

6. What position does Burr consider taking in New York and why does he tell Jefferson?

7. Describe James Wilkinson's involvement in the Spanish Conspiracy.

8. What factors upset Charlie most when he finds out that his consulship is coming to an end?

9. Who murdered Helen and how does Charlie know this person?

10. What does Van Buren tell Charlie about Burr when Charlie visits the White House?

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