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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the report Hamilton wrote that started the need for this compromise?
(a) Report on the Public Credit.
(b) The New Republic.
(c) The Pickwick Papers.
(d) CNN White Paper on Finances.

2. Who was Catiline?
(a) A romantic character in a popular novel, whose life was destroyed by a duel.
(b) A woman whose rhetoric and feiry speeches nearly destroyed the American Republic's economic system.
(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.

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

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

5. What are the two recognized methods to tell the story of the American formative years?
(a) Tories and Whigs.
(b) Washington and Adams.
(c) Pure Republicanism and the Jeffersonian interpretations.
(d) Communisim and Democracy.

6. In what state did the duel occur?
(a) Maine.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) New York.
(d) Tennessee.

7. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?
(a) Forty-eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Fifty.

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

9. How many contributions did Hamilton make to The Federalist Papers?
(a) Forty-three.
(b) One.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Fifty-one.

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

11. Who were the attendees at The Dinner, the subject of this chapter?
(a) John Adams, Abagail Adams, Ben Franklin.
(b) Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison.
(c) Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison.
(d) Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Ben Franklin.

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

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

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

15. 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) Court records.
(c) Video tapes.
(d) Notes from Jefferson's secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was James Madison at the time of this dinner meeting?

2. What form of government was initiated by the American Revolution?

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

4. In what city did this dinner take place?

5. Who did Jefferson replace as the US ambassador to France?

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