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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the author, why did Burr go to the duel?
2. What are the two recognized methods to tell the story of the American formative years?
3. Where, according to the Constitution, does sovreignity in the United States lie?
4. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?
5. What was the name of Hamilton's new country house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss Alexander Hamilton and how he reacted when someone did not agree with his opinions.
2. 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?
3. Describe the reputations of Burr and Hamilton. What personality traits led them to end up in a duel?
4. What is different about the generation of leaders and their methods of communicating and the present day methods?
5. Why was Madison so opposed to Hamilton's suggestion that the debts of the states be assumed by the federal government?
6. What roles did the seconds (Pendleton and Van Ness) have in the days before the duel? Describe how each one played out these roles, and how they handled their roles after the duel.
7. Describe this generation of men such as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
8. Describe Alexander Hamilton's appearance and reputation.
9. What were some of Hamilton's claims against Burr? Describe in detail, and give instances where Hamilton speaks against Burr?
10. Describe the leading locations for the new capital city.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think the author spent the majority of the book discussing the friendship, correspondence and actions of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson? What contributions do you think the author valued the most from these two men?
Essay Topic 2
America fought a war of independence, created a constitution, and began its first twenty years as a country, all with George Washington at its head. When he publishes a letter to the American people who have loved and admired him for so long that he is retiring, how do you think they felt? What impact do you think this had on the shopkeepers, tradesmen and average people who were not intimately involved in politics?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the quote of John Adams that he and Jefferson had much to explain to each other before they died. What did they need to discuss? How did this discussion through the lengthy correspondence affect history?
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