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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Aaron Burr's official title in the USA government?
(a) Secretary of the Treasury.
(b) Vice President.
(c) Commander in Chief of the Army.
(d) President.

2. What documents are available today that relate the exact words spoken by each of the dinner attendees?
(a) Notes from Jefferson's secretary.
(b) Court records.
(c) None, there were no records kept by any of the men.
(d) Video tapes.

3. In Jefferson's opinion, how long should the laws of this generation stay in effect?
(a) Forever.
(b) Over two hundred years.
(c) About six weeks.
(d) About twenty years.

4. Where, according to the Constitution, does sovreignity in the United States lie?
(a) With the President.
(b) With the states.
(c) At Fort Knox.
(d) With the people.

5. What does the author say was a direct result of the new republic's decision to delay the slavery question in the 1780's?
(a) War of 1812.
(b) World War I.
(c) American Civil War.
(d) Vietnam War.

6. An affair of honor should involve only what type of charges?
(a) Personal.
(b) Adulterous.
(c) Political.
(d) Financial.

7. Where was Alexander Hamilton born?
(a) New Orleans, LA.
(b) Island of Nevis, West Indies.
(c) Delhi, India.
(d) Honolulu, Hawaii.

8. Before the duel, how many years did the two men, Hamilton and Burr, have animosity between them?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Two Years.
(d) One year.

9. At whose home was the dinner held?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Aaron Burr.
(c) The White House.
(d) George Washington.

10. What term has changed in meaning from an inferior being to one of respect and might in the world?
(a) Republican.
(b) American.
(c) Whig.
(d) Writer.

11. What form of government was initiated by the American Revolution?
(a) Marxist and socialist.
(b) Feudal system governed by kings, queens and lords.
(c) Communism.
(d) Representative government based popular sovreignty and some form of market economy fueled by the energies of individual citizens.

12. What was the date of the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton?
(a) October 29, 1851.
(b) January 20, 1804.
(c) July 11, 1804.
(d) July 4, 1776.

13. How many total shots were fired at the duel?
(a) Two, both by Hamilton.
(b) Two, both by Burr.
(c) Two, one by each man.
(d) Six, three by each man.

14. In what city did this dinner take place?
(a) Boston, MA.
(b) Seattle, WA.
(c) New York City.
(d) Atlanta, GA.

15. Which state did Madison believe would suffer the most injustice under assumption?
(a) Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) Texas.
(d) Rhode Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is considered to be the main asset the new republic possessed?

2. What positions had Alexander Hamilton held in the US government?

3. How did Hamilton propose to handle the debts of the thirteen states?

4. What does the author consider the years of 1787-1788 for America?

5. What was one of the core principals of the Articles of Confederation?

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