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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What evidence does Charlie find that Burr has been in Kinderhook at the time of Van Buren's conception?
2. Why does Burr find it surprising that George Washington, a Virginian, is put in charge of the Continental Army?
3. How does Burr persuade Jefferson to get him the Virginia votes in the Presidential election?
4. Which country do the Republicans support in the French Revolution?
5. Where was Elma Sands' body found when she was murdered?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the notes that Burr provides to Charlie and Davis, why does Burr not receive a promotion sooner or to a higher position?
2. When Mrs. Burr shows up at Burr's office, what does she tell Charlie in the carriage?
3. Describe what happens after Alexander Hamilton has an affair with Mrs. James Reynolds?
4. 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?
5. After Burr's investment partners in the Texas land scheme come looking for him, what does Mrs. Burr tell Charlie at the City Hotel?
6. Describe how other nations react to early America as a new governing nation and how France's revolution impacts the US.
7. Describe Burr's law career according to the notes that Charlie receives from Davis.
8. What does Charlie find out during the wedding of Burr to Madame Jumel?
9. Describe the events surrounding the trial of Levi Weeks.
10. Describe Helen and Charlie's family situations that they share with each other when he takes her away from the brothel for an evening.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay evaluating the importance of passion as a character trait in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you evaluate the novel's own commentary on itself. What does the novel have to say about history? What about texts? How does the novel define itself?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay looking at how time is used as a theme and plot device in the novel.
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