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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1834, Chapter Fifteen - Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sam Swartwout?
(a) The assistant to the president.
(b) A senator.
(c) The manager of the bar.
(d) The collecter of the port of New York.

2. What does the journal that Charlie finds in Burr's trunk describe?
(a) His dislike of the government.
(b) The Revolutionary War.
(c) His day-to-day life with his children.
(d) His encounters with a prostitute.

3. How does Burr punish the men who tried to shoot him?
(a) He requires them to go into a dangerous mission.
(b) He cuts off one of their arms.
(c) He executes one of them.
(d) He kicks them all out of the military.

4. What does General Washington wish to be called when he is elected president?
(a) His Mightiness.
(b) The President.
(c) The King.
(d) His Excellency.

5. Who wins the 1884 election for mayor?
(a) Verplanck.
(b) Leggett.
(c) Hall.
(d) Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Publius support?

2. From what type of background does Hamilton come?

3. How does Hamilton feel about becoming a political leader?

4. In what year does Burr's wife, Theodosia, die?

5. For what reason does Burr leave the military?

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