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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of the American Revolution, what was the most powerful military force in the world?
(a) Chinese Red Guard.
(b) British army and navy.
(c) Spanish Armada.
(d) Taliban.

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

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

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

5. What country did America look to for guidance on how to create their new republic?
(a) China.
(b) None - the American revolution was the first.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Burma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Code Duello?

2. What documents are available today that relate the exact words spoken by each of the dinner attendees?

3. Who did Madison feel would be exploited and cheated as a result of Hamilton's plan?

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

5. Who were the attendees at The Dinner, the subject of this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author differ from Lincoln's statement that America was founded on a proposition written by Jefferson in 1776?

2. What does the author mean when he says the American Revolution did not "devour its own children"?

3. Why did the duel between Burr and Hamilton effectively put a stop to dueling being accepted as a proper form of resolving arguments in the American Republic?

4. Why was the land now known as the District of Columbia a good place to locate the capital city of the new government?

5. Describe the leading locations for the new capital city.

6. Why was this time--the decades immediately following America's independence from England--so vital?

7. Why was Madison so opposed to Hamilton's suggestion that the debts of the states be assumed by the federal government?

8. Describe Aaron Burr's appearance and reputation.

9. What is different about the generation of leaders and their methods of communicating and the present day methods?

10. Describe Alexander Hamilton's appearance and reputation.

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