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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. What did Washington enjoy reading?
(a) Horse and buggy manuals.
(b) Agricultural manuals.
(c) Fiction novels.
(d) Non-fiction novels.

2. Washington, after praising civilians and soldiers, wrote an angry letter to whom?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

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

4. What year did the First Continental Congress meet?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1773.

5. Which city's merchants established a paper money system that would not depreciate?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Mount Vernon.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What neighborhood did Rochambeau's army move to in July 1781?

2. Who was Joseph Reed?

3. Where did Washington send the order to allow Randolph to reveal the plans?

4. From which country did Washington obtain a mule as a gift?

5. In what city was the main British base in New Jersey?

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