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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. What did the convention scrap after five days of meeting?
(a) The new peace treaty.
(b) The Continental Army.
(c) The Articles of Confederation.
(d) The Constitution.

2. To whom did Washington sell his extra produce?
(a) Oliver Evans.
(b) The British.
(c) Merchants in Philadelphia.
(d) Merchants in Alexandria.

3. How many well-fed and well-armed men did Washington have at West Point?
(a) 1,000 men.
(b) 600 men.
(c) 400 men.
(d) 200 men.

4. Who did Washington send as an envoy to France?
(a) Benedict Arnold.
(b) John Andre.
(c) General Greene.
(d) Colonel John Laurens.

5. Washington was elected by the electoral college on February 4, 1789. On what day did Washington receive formal notification of his election?
(a) April 14, 1789.
(b) May 14, 1789.
(c) February 14, 1789.
(d) March 14, 1789.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Washington's estate known as?

2. Which city became the temporary capitol of the United States?

3. Who became one of Washington's financial advisers?

4. Who realized that " Washington's magic was still so great that Congress would not vote to discharge him"?

5. Where did Washington buy his best clothes?

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