Washington, the Indispensable Man Test | Final Test - Easy

James Thomas Flexner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Washington, the Indispensable Man Test | Final Test - Easy

James Thomas Flexner
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease plagued the area around Mount Vernon in 1793?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Yellow fever.

2. Where did Edmund Charles Genet's warship land?
(a) Richmond, VA.
(b) Philadelphia, PA.
(c) Trenton, NJ.
(d) Charleston, SC.

3. Who distrusted Washington and was suspicious of Philadelphia society?
(a) John Fitch.
(b) William Maclay.
(c) David Humphreys.
(d) Robert Morris.

4. Who fought Washington on the idea of establishing a long-term army?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

5. What was Washington glad that John Adams didn't want from the presidential mansion?
(a) Curtains.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Fine wines.
(d) Paintings.

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

7. Which country did Washington believe the pamphlet "Common Sense" was influenced?
(a) Britain.
(b) Canada.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

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

9. What did Washington see the national capital as?
(a) A place to protest.
(b) A place to argue.
(c) A place to physically fight.
(d) A place to reconcile disagreements.

10. What city did Washington ask his cabinet to meet?
(a) Mount Vernon.
(b) Annapolis.
(c) Germantown.
(d) Newburg.

11. Who was noted as being an "Anglophobe"?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Adams.
(c) George Washington.
(d) James Madison.

12. Which city became the temporary capitol of the United States?
(a) New York City.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Boston.
(d) Philadelphia.

13. What were Washington's feelings on attending the Constitutional Convention?
(a) He dreaded attending.
(b) He felt obligated to attend.
(c) He was anxious to attend.
(d) He was excited to attend.

14. How did the people feel that Washington was living?
(a) About the same as many people.
(b) Too extravagantly.
(c) Better than most of the people.
(d) A little below most of the people.

15. Who sat in the reserved seat to the right of Martha Washington at her tea parties?
(a) The wife of John Jay.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Abigail Adams.
(d) The mayor of Philadelphia's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Washington's favorite "charity"?

2. Who wrote Washington begging him to stay in office?

3. How did Washington feel when it came to foreign issues?

4. Who was surprised that Washington ratified the Jay Treaty?

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

(see the answer keys)

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