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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a hair-trigger?
(a) A method of pulling the trigger on a weapon.
(b) Part of the gun that has been used to comb a man's hair.
(c) A device on a gun that allows a much smaller amount of pressure to pull the trigger.
(d) The result of a weapon being left outdoors overnight.

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

4. What danger awaited the main participants in the American Revolution?
(a) Death.
(b) Three years in prison.
(c) Substantial fines.
(d) Severe damage to their credit.

5. What was the primary form of communication in America during 1787-89?
(a) Telephone calls.
(b) Television messages.
(c) Handwritten letters.
(d) Western Union Telegrams.

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

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

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

9. How many residents of the new republic were slaves?
(a) Three million.
(b) Nearly 700,000.
(c) 58.
(d) 500,000.

10. How many words did the Report on the Public Credit contain?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 40,000.

11. What is the Code Duello?
(a) The name given to the bullet that killed Hamilton.
(b) The name Burr gave his gun.
(c) The newspaper that first reported the results of the duel.
(d) The name of the recognized law of honor regarding duels.

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

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

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

15. What was an "interview at Weehawkan"?
(a) A meeting between the seconds for the duel.
(b) Burr's application process to work for Hamilton.
(c) The New York Times interview of the duel participants.
(d) Invitation to a duel.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, why did Hamilton go to the duel?

2. According to the author, how did the creation of a separate American nation occur?

3. An affair of honor should involve only what type of charges?

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

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?

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