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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A French Bombshell, Trouble All Around, A Tragic Departure and Opposite Hands Across the Ocean.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Washington leave in charge at the battle at New York City?
(a) Brigadier General Thomas Conway.
(b) General Howe.
(c) Thomas Mifflin.
(d) Major General John Sullivan.

2. What document, written by Thomas Paine, renewed patriotic enthusiasm?
(a) Rhetoric.
(b) Common Sense.
(c) Declaration of Independence.
(d) U.S. Constitution.

3. Who was appointed to succeed Jefferson as Secretary of State?
(a) John Jay.
(b) Thomas Johnson.
(c) Edmund Randolph.
(d) Robert Livingston.

4. Which two states chartered the Potomac Canal Company?
(a) Maryland and Virginia.
(b) Delaware and Maryland.
(c) Virginia and Pennsylvania.
(d) Delaware and Pennsylvania.

5. On what day in 1783 did Washington arrive in Mount Vernon?
(a) His birthday.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) New Years Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the rookie soldiers respond to the leader at the battle at New York City?

2. How many years did Washington want military tours of duty to be?

3. Washington, after praising civilians and soldiers, wrote an angry letter to whom?

4. After Washington left New York in 1783, where did he go?

5. What disease plagued Philadelphia in August 1793?

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