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

2. 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.

3. How did Washington feel about Mount Vernon after serving eight years as President?
(a) Washington believed Mount Vernon was a great place to continue living.
(b) Washington loved Mount Vernon.
(c) Washington felt like a stranger in his own land.
(d) Washington felt that Mount Vernon never changed.

4. What did Washington do with his fork during the tea party?
(a) He through the fork at someone.
(b) He ate with the fork.
(c) He dropped the fork on the floor.
(d) He played with the fork.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the convention scrap after five days of meeting?

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

3. On what day in 1783 did Washington arrive in Mount Vernon?

4. Which two people denounced the Neutrality Proclamation in writing?

5. Which country was nearing a revolution that might cause some foreign affairs issues?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would it have been difficult for Washington to call a special session of Congress?

2. How did Washington visualize the economy?

3. Describe Hamilton's role in helping Washington write his farewell speech.

4. Describe Washington's concern over the French Revolution.

5. Name at least four roles Washington filled as a retired general living in Mount Vernon.

6. How did the public react to the ratification of the Jay Treaty?

7. Describe Washington's "taste" in art.

8. What were Washington's concerns about England and France fighting?

9. What was the Pennsylvania Democratic Society?

10. Why did Alexander Hamilton oppose the idea of "discrimination"?

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