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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. In what month and year was the portrait of George Washington painted?
(a) July ,1776.
(b) March, 1793.
(c) December, 1789.
(d) April, 1799.

2. Washington looked to his home as a way of creating for himself the appearance of a_______________________.
(a) Political candidate.
(b) Rigid slave owner.
(c) Military man.
(d) Wealthy plantation owner.

3. Washington found himself deeply in debt because of his extravagant lifestyle and the ______________________.
(a) Loss of his inheritance.
(b) Taxes levied on the colonists by the British.
(c) Sale of part of Mount Vernon.
(d) Purchase of field slaves.

4. Who did Washington decide to marry?
(a) Martha Custis.
(b) Elizabeth Lafayette.
(c) Sally Fairfax.
(d) Jane Hemings.

5. In the Fall of 1777, Washington wasted men and ammunition in attempting to take a British stronghold called _____________________.
(a) Danbury Creek.
(b) Fairfax.
(c) Chew house.
(d) Saratoga Springs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Summer of 1777, the British made a move toward __________________, so Washington moved his army quickly into the city.

2. Which general asked Washington to be his aide-de-camp because of Washington's frontier experience?

3. What disease broke out in Washington in 1793?

4. How old was the person in #105 when he/she died in 1781?

5. Washington found himself __________________ by the poor attitude of the very people he and his soldiers were fighting for.

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