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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main item on the agenda for the dinner?
(a) Hamilton's upcoming duel with Aaron Burr.
(b) What color to paint the presidential residence.
(c) Hamilton's financial plan for the new government.
(d) Rumors about Dolly Madison.

2. When did Hamilton die?
(a) A year later, in a boating accident.
(b) The next day, July 12, 1804.
(c) Immediately.
(d) Two weeks later, July 25, 1804.

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

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

5. According to the author, why did Hamilton go to the duel?
(a) He wanted to murder Burr.
(b) His theatre plans changed for that day.
(c) Ambition and insecurity.
(d) He needed the money.

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

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

8. How did Hamilton propose to handle the debts of the thirteen states?
(a) Each state would apply for refinancing.
(b) Each state would pay their debts separately.
(c) The federal government would assume all debts.
(d) No one would pay anything.

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

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

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

12. What country is the oldest enduring republic in world history?
(a) Republic of Iraq.
(b) United States of America.
(c) United States of Mexico.
(d) Soviet Union of Socialist Republics.

13. Who were some of Hamilton's better known political enemies?
(a) Jefferson and Adams.
(b) Washington and Lafayette.
(c) Bush and Gore.
(d) Madison and Van Ness.

14. Who makes history?
(a) Books.
(b) People.
(c) Animals.
(d) Priests.

15. How far apart are the participants in a duel?
(a) Ten Paces.
(b) Three Paces.
(c) One Hundred Yards.
(d) Fifty Yards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger awaited the main participants in the American Revolution?

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

3. At the time of the American Revolution, who else occupied North America besides the colonists?

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

5. Who was Hamilton's second in the duel?

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