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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The General: Chapters 16-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ron Chernow base this book on George Washington?
(a) Washington's newly discovered papers.
(b) Washington's archived presidential documents.
(c) Papers of Washington's generals.
(d) Martha Washington's journals.

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

3. Who was the artist who painted Washington's portrait that appears on American currency?
(a) Giles Simonson.
(b) Gerard Stillwell.
(c) Gamble Stockstill.
(d) Gilbert Stuart.

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

5. Washington pursued a career as a/an ___________________ when his mother denied his joining the Royal Navy.
(a) Attorney.
(b) Silversmith.
(c) Land surveyor.
(d) Merchant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which army did Washington join in 1754?

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

4. Why did Washington like spending so much time with his eldest half-brother at his farm?

5. Washington saw himself as a/an _________________ slaveholder.

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