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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, The President: Chapters 46-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which general asked Washington to be his aide-de-camp because of Washington's frontier experience?
(a) General Frederick N. Burgoyne.
(b) Major General Edward R. Pence.
(c) General Richard Burlingame.
(d) Major General Edward Braddock.

2. What did Mount Vernon require from Washington upon his return from war?
(a) Major landscaping.
(b) Additional rooms added on.
(c) Just a little maintenance.
(d) Extensive renovations.

3. Washington was chronically in debt because _______________________.
(a) Martha spent too much on new clothes.
(b) He lived beyond his means.
(c) He extensively traveled the world.
(d) He was extremely generous to charities.

4. In the Summer of 1777, the British made a move toward __________________, so Washington moved his army quickly into the city.
(a) Richmond.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Albany.

5. In the Spring of 1780, Cornwallis and Clinton took a flotilla to ______________________.
(a) New York.
(b) Virginia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the period following the Revolutionary War, there began a string of rebellions in which state?

2. What part of the country was chosen as the permanent area for the capital?

3. What did Washington do in an attempt to preserve his image for prosperity?

4. When Washington married Martha, the slave population at Mount Vernon ____________________.

5. What did Washington help plan while at the location in #102?

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