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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did John Adams see as the paradox facing the new republic?
(a) Legislating for 20 or 30 states, when all of the known legislative history had been for just one state.
(b) Tories versus Whigs.
(c) The new title of the republic versus its goals.
(d) The needs of the many outweigh the needs of a few.

2. What caliber were the dueling pistols?
(a) .38 special.
(b) .54 caliber balls.
(c) .45 ACP.
(d) .22 long rifle.

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

4. According to the author, why did Burr go to the duel?
(a) Out of confusion about the subject.
(b) His wife begged him to go.
(c) Out of boredom and over confidence.
(d) Out of frustration in solving the libelous statements of Hamilton.

5. What was Thomas Paine referring to when he said an island could not rule a continent?
(a) Britain continuing to rule over North America.
(b) Britian continuing to rule over India.
(c) Hawaii ruling California.
(d) Madascar ruling Africa.

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

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

8. On the subject of Hamilton's financial proposal, what was the main issue?
(a) Agrarian versus commercial sources of wealth.
(b) Abolition versus Slavery.
(c) Gold versus Silver.
(d) Black versus White.

9. How old was James Madison at the time of this dinner meeting?
(a) 58.
(b) 23.
(c) 39.
(d) 82.

10. What is considered to be the main asset the new republic possessed?
(a) British stocks and bonds.
(b) Good intentions.
(c) Vast continent of North America, with all its resources.
(d) Gold mine in Pennsylvania.

11. Who did Madison feel would be exploited and cheated as a result of Hamilton's plan?
(a) Revolutionary War veterans.
(b) Civil War veterans.
(c) Congress.
(d) Wives and families of ex-presidents.

12. Who did Jefferson replace as the US ambassador to France?
(a) Joseph Kennedy.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) George Marshall.

13. How many people lived in the United States of America at its beginning?
(a) Four Million.
(b) Two Hundred MIllion.
(c) 453.
(d) Five Hundred Thousand.

14. What positions had Alexander Hamilton held in the US government?
(a) Vice President and Secretary of State.
(b) Washington's Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Treasury.
(c) Vice President and White House Presss Secretary.
(d) Secretaries of Education and Homeland Security.

15. What issue was discussed by the Constitutional Congress but specifically excluded from the final documents?
(a) Price of Postage.
(b) Secret Service.
(c) Telecommunications.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did America look to for guidance on how to create their new republic?

2. At whose home was the dinner held?

3. What was the name of Hamilton's new country house?

4. What term has changed in meaning from an inferior being to one of respect and might in the world?

5. When did Hamilton die?

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