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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Washington vow to become when he returned to Virginia?
(a) A blacksmith.
(b) A sea trader.
(c) A cobbler.
(d) A planter.

2. What was the name of the movement to take Washington out of power?
(a) Conway Cabal.
(b) Down with Washington.
(c) Greene's Gambles.
(d) Conway Controversy.

3. What state was George Washington born?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Pennsylvania.

4. Which person surprised the British at Stony Point?
(a) Thomas Conway.
(b) General Washington.
(c) Lord Cornwallis.
(d) General Anthony Wayne.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Congress request regarding supplies for the Continental Army?

2. After returning to Mount Vernon, what did Flexner state Washington invested his time in?

3. What year did the First Continental Congress meet?

4. Who planned on hiring German or Russian soldiers to supplement British troops in Massachusetts?

5. In 1755, which general enlisted Washington to navigate a path in the Ohio Valley?

Short Essay Questions

1. Between 1768-1775, what changes occurred to Mount Vernon?

2. Why did Washington struggle placing Arnold at West Point?

3. What were George Washington's feelings about Sally Fairfax?

4. How did George Washington fortify the area of Dorchester Neck?

5. Explain Washington's crossing of the Delaware River in 1777.

6. What were Washington's feelings on the Boston Tea Party?

7. How did Benedict Arnold attempt to impress his love, Peggy Shipman?

8. Describe what George Washington was by birth and training according to Flexner.

9. How did Martha Washington support her husband?

10. Describe Cornwallis and Greene's military moves in 1781.

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