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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mental Confusion, Politics at Sunset, Washington and Slavery and Death of a Hero.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Washington vowed to stay within how many miles of his home upon retiring?
(a) Ten miles.
(b) Five miles.
(c) One hundred miles.
(d) Fifty miles.

2. Who did Washington choose to begin planning the "Federal city"?
(a) Lafayette.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Pierre Charles L'Enfant.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

3. Who did Washington marry?
(a) Sally Fairfax.
(b) Mary Dandridge Custis.
(c) Betsy Ross.
(d) Martha Dandridge Custis.

4. While the British were not attacking the United States, what was the enemy?
(a) Unemployment.
(b) Inflation.
(c) The French.
(d) The Hessians.

5. After the British raiders attacked the legislature, where did Thomas Jefferson flee?
(a) The river.
(b) The nearest horse.
(c) The mountains.
(d) His cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which division of American society contained rocky fields with no agricultural aristocracy?

2. What did the letter that Pickering gave Washington reveal?

3. Where was the British blockade located that forced the Continental Army into a harsh winter without supplies?

4. In December of 1776, Washington's troops crossed which body of water?

5. Washington believed he was cheated out of a victory at the Battle of Monmouth by which person?

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