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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) Commander in Chief of the Army.
(b) Vice President.
(c) Secretary of the Treasury.
(d) President.

2. What does the author consider the years of 1787-1788 for America?
(a) The war between the states.
(b) The golden years.
(c) The founding movement that established American nationhood.
(d) The revolutionary war.

3. Who was Catiline?
(a) A woman whose rhetoric and feiry speeches nearly destroyed the American Republic's economic system.
(b) A romantic character in a popular novel, whose life was destroyed by a duel.
(c) A treachorous and degenerate character whose scheming nearly destroyed the Roman Republic.
(d) A large ship commissioned by Washington to be used to sail along the coast of the colonies and recruit soldiers.

4. What medical problem had Jefferson experienced for over a month before the dinner?
(a) Broken leg.
(b) Stiff neck.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Migraine headache.

5. Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
(a) New York City, NY.
(b) Philadelphia, PA.
(c) Cleveland, OH.
(d) Washington, DC.

6. Why did the duel take place in such an out of the way location?
(a) Because it was near a hospital.
(b) Dueling was illegal in the United States.
(c) To avoid accidental shooting of passersby.
(d) Because it is a very noisy activity.

7. At the time of the American Revolution, who else occupied North America besides the colonists?
(a) Illegal Aliens.
(b) Mayans.
(c) Vikings.
(d) Native Americans, also known as Indian tribes.

8. Where was Hamilton struck by the bullet in the duel?
(a) His left arm, just above the elbow.
(b) HIs right side, four inches above his hip.
(c) The right temple.
(d) His right leg, in the main artery.

9. Before this important dinner took place, from what country had Jefferson just returned?
(a) Germany.
(b) India.
(c) Mexico.
(d) France.

10. Who was considered to be the first President of the United States, almost unanimously by its people?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Ben Franklin.
(d) George Washington.

11. What, in the author's opinion, is the main mystery about the duel?
(a) Who was present at the duel.
(b) The exact location of the duel.
(c) Whether either man fired their shots with the intent to kill.
(d) Who was the winner of the duel.

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

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

14. What does the author compare this "Compromise of 1790" to?
(a) The Articles of Confederation.
(b) The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
(c) The Revolutionary War.
(d) The Marshall Plan.

15. What rank in the military did Aaron Burr attain during the American Revolution?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Private.
(c) General.
(d) Captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Jefferson's opinion, how long should the laws of this generation stay in effect?

2. What was the total amount of debt the United States was facing in 1790?

3. What was Thomas Paine referring to when he said an island could not rule a continent?

4. How many residents of the new republic were slaves?

5. How many words did the Report on the Public Credit contain?

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