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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prelude: The Portrait Artist and Part 1, The Frontiersman: Chpaters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would Washington feel inadequate around people all his life?
(a) He had wooden teeth.
(b) He started to go bald at an early age.
(c) The lack of a formal education.
(d) He was so much taller than everyone else.

2. In 1754, Washington led his troops into which region to fight the French?
(a) Virginia hills.
(b) Ohio Country.
(c) Georgia wetlands.
(d) Michigan woods.

3. Whom did Washington marry?
(a) Alice Spencer Haight.
(b) Ellen Cowen Newell.
(c) Margaret Danbury Weston.
(d) Martha Dandridge Custis.

4. When did Washington inherit Mount Vernon?
(a) When his father died.
(b) When his brother's wife and sister died.
(c) When his mother died.
(d) When he turned twenty-one.

5. What was the French stronghold in the Ohio Valley?
(a) Fort Beaulieu.
(b) Fort Lafayette.
(c) Fort Orleans.
(d) Fort Duquesne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Washington was born to a family of men who ____________________.

2. How many children did Washington's father have with his first wife?

3. Who was George Washington's father?

4. In what month and year was the portrait of George Washington painted?

5. Throughout his life, Washington would have a fascination with _______________.

(see the answer key)

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