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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Constitution of the United States, Hysteria and Responsibility and A Second Constitutional Convention.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men made up the British army that occupied Germantown?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 1,000.

2. Who realized that " Washington's magic was still so great that Congress would not vote to discharge him"?
(a) Cornwallis.
(b) Mifflin.
(c) Gates.
(d) Conway.

3. Where did Washington get his reading material?
(a) Imported it from Germany.
(b) Imported it from Japan.
(c) Imported it from Italy.
(d) Imported it from England.

4. Who planned on hiring German or Russian soldiers to supplement British troops in Massachusetts?
(a) King George IV.
(b) George Washington.
(c) King George III.
(d) Major General John Sullivan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was installed as the British officer in charge of American forces in 1754?

2. Who did Washington appoint to the position of Attorney General?

3. Who died on the day Washington began his vacation in 1781?

4. When did Washington receive a draft of the Declaration of Independence?

5. What were Washington's feelings on attending the Constitutional Convention?

(see the answer key)

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