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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. For what reason does Burr leave the military?
(a) Health reasons.
(b) Washington asks him to leave.
(c) To take care of his children.
(d) He is arrested for bribery.

2. What does Burr title his 17th memoir?
(a) The Great American Tragedy: The Treason of Aaron Burr
(b) Love Lost: A Daughter's death.
(c) Absence of Faith: A Treatise on Jefferson.
(d) The Judgment Day: The Judiciary System.

3. Because he has given his word not to work against Thomas Jefferson, which states' votes does Burr promise Jefferson in the 1800 election?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Virginia.
(c) New York.
(d) Mississippi.

4. What happened to the judge who presided over Elma Sands' murder trial?
(a) He was promoted.
(b) He vanished.
(c) He was dismissed of duties.
(d) He was found strangled in his bed.

5. From where do terms such as "citizen" and "citizeness" embraced by early Americans come?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Native Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the responses that Jefferson gives Burr when he asks about his future with the Jefferson administration?

2. With what vote does Wilkinson narrowly escape his own treason conviction?

3. What is Burr researching when he studies and copies papers from 5 to 10 in the morning?

4. What event happens in December, 1835 that bankrupts the insurance companies?

5. In June of 1808, what disguise does Burr adopt?

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