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

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

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

4. How many delegates were at the Constitutional Convention?
(a) Unknown, no specific records were kept.
(b) One hundred and three.
(c) Fifty-five.
(d) Thirteen, one for each colony.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What state was Jefferson from?

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

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

4. What positions had Alexander Hamilton held in the US government?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Aaron Burr's appearance and reputation.

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

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

5. Why was it so important that Hamilton and Madison meet away from the public eye?

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

7. Describe this generation of men such as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

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

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

10. Why do you think such prominent men chose a duel to resolve their differences? Did it work?

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