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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. Where is Charlie when he is arrested for murder?

2. What order does Wilkinson receive from both Burr and Jefferson?

3. What does Mrs. Townsend tell Charlie about Helen's feelings towards him?

4. With whom do Burr, Wilkinson, Smith, Dayton, and Jackson believe that they should go to war to liberate Louisiana and Mexico?

5. What holiday is being celebrated when Swartwout comes to visit Charlie on his consulship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlie respond when Mr. Bryant tells him not to publish the pamphlet, and what effect does this response have on Byrant?

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

3. What does Leggett say about publishing the pamphlet as he lays sick in bed?

4. Describe the duel between Burr and Hamilton according to Burr's re-enactment.

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. Why does Burr gather Jamie Wilkinson, John Smith, Jonathan Dayton, and future president General Andrew Jackson together?

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

8. On what counts is Charlie arrested and what events surround his arrest?

9. When and why does Burr surrender to the governor of the Mississippi Territory?

10. What does Jefferson do that guarantees him reelection and where does Burr fit into the reelection bid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the significance of idealism in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore how parallel episodes in the novel affect the story (for example, Burr and Houston's conquest of Texas/Mexico, or the court cases in the deaths of Helen Jewett and Elma Sands).

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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