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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. What was the total amount of debt the United States was facing in 1790?
(a) 77.1 million dollars.
(b) 25.3 million dollars.
(c) 355 million dollars.
(d) 4.5 thousand dollars.

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

3. Who was Hamilton's second in the duel?
(a) Madison.
(b) Adams.
(c) Pendleton.
(d) Franklin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the duel take place in such an out of the way location?

2. Before this important dinner took place, from what country had Jefferson just returned?

3. Who was Burr's second in the duel?

4. How many contributions did Hamilton make to The Federalist Papers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what is known about the duel between Burr and Hamilton

2. 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?

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

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

5. Why do you think Jefferson was the ideal moderator for this discussion?

6. What were some of Hamilton's claims against Burr? Describe in detail, and give instances where Hamilton speaks against Burr?

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

8. Why do historians refer to this time in the course of American history as The Age of Passion?

9. Describe Alexander Hamilton's appearance and reputation.

10. Why does the author feel comfortable calling the encounter between the two men "The Duel" without fear his readers will not know to which duel he is referring?

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