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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. How many children did Washington's father have with his first wife?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

2. Who helped Washington write his farewell address which was run in several newspapers in 1796?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Adams.
(c) Knox.
(d) Hamilton.

3. What was Washington reluctant to support in the early years of his Presidency?
(a) The Spanish Embargo Act.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Ohio Valley Treaty.
(d) British Import Act.

4. Alexander Hamilton delivered the Report on Public Credit that included his assertion that the federal government should take on the states' debts ________________________.
(a) To build universities.
(b) Left over from the Stamp Act.
(c) Incurred by the war.
(d) For road construction.

5. Washington organized his own group of aides to include Captain Alexander Hamilton and____________________.
(a) Lt. Colonel Nathanael Fairfax.
(b) Marquis de Lafayette.
(c) Captain Henry Stanton.
(d) Major Benjamin Greene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Washington envious of Jacky Custis?

2. Washington pursued a career as a/an ___________________ when his mother denied his joining the Royal Navy.

3. Washington felt he needed to live by a certain standard that gave off the impression of _____________________.

4. Washington found himself deeply in debt because of his extravagant lifestyle and the ______________________.

5. How long was Washington able to hold Manhattan after the British began their offensive?

(see the answer key)

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