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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1836, Chapter Five - Eleven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Burr ask Charlie to meet after Burr's partners in the Texas land scheme come looking for him?
(a) The City Hotel.
(b) Burr's Office.
(c) The Chapel.
(d) The Alley.

2. What does Burr tell Charlie to tell Mrs. Burr when she arrives?
(a) That he was expecting her.
(b) That he is in court.
(c) That he is leaving her.
(d) That he is waiting upstairs.

3. How is John Marshall related to Jefferson?
(a) He is his uncle.
(b) He is his cousin.
(c) He is his brother.
(d) He is not related to him.

4. Swartwout introduces Charlie to a publisher who is willing to pay Charlie for his research; who does this publisher want to write the biography about Burr?
(a) Davy Crockett.
(b) Sam Houston.
(c) Leggett.
(d) Charlie.

5. In what year does Burr's wife, Theodosia, die?
(a) 1803.
(b) 1824.
(c) 1840.
(d) 1794.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burr title his 17th memoir?

2. While living with General Israel Putnam, what is the name of the person that Burr identifies as a spy?

3. When Charlie asks if his story about Burr being Van Buren's father will be printed in The Evening Post, how does Leggett respond?

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

5. How old is Burr when he first meets James Madison?

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