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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Burr's lasting malady from his stroke?
(a) His entire body twitches.
(b) He has no lasting maladies.
(c) He is blind in one eye.
(d) His leg is paralyzed.

2. In Burr's divorce from Eliza, whom does Eliza hire as her attorney?
(a) Aaron Columbus Burr.
(b) Martin van Buren.
(c) Levi Weeks.
(d) Alexander Hamilton's son.

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

4. Which of the following individuals is not a part of Publius?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Jay.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) James Madison.

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

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

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

8. In the election of 1800, how many votes do Jefferson and Burr both receive?
(a) 30.
(b) 65.
(c) 92.
(d) 73.

9. For whom does Helen's mother work?
(a) A cook.
(b) A brothel.
(c) A dressmaker.
(d) A politician.

10. What does Burr identify, at age 19, as George Washington's only good quality?
(a) He is young and muscular.
(b) He has the demeanor of a general.
(c) He is an experienced leader.
(d) He comes from a well-off family.

11. Who else is attacked with Burr by French sailors?
(a) Adams.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Monroe.
(d) Hamilton.

12. Which of the following lies do Charlie and Leggett create to publish in a pamphlet against Van Buren?
(a) A scandal in which Burr is Van Buren's father.
(b) An affair with an Indian lover.
(c) An act of treason.
(d) A story that Burr has stolen money from the government.

13. From what do John Seargeant and Dr. Hutchison die?
(a) The yellow fevor.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) The plague.
(d) Consumption.

14. In the French Revolution, who does Washington declare his support for?
(a) France.
(b) He declares that the U.S. is neutral.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

15. What is the outcome of the battle at White Plains?
(a) The British are defeated.
(b) The French are defeated.
(c) The Canadians are defeated.
(d) Washington is defeated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Madame Jumel's connection to Napoleon?

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

3. Who is Reginald Gower?

4. According to Burr's observations, how does Jefferson treat his horses?

5. What has Richmond House been converted into since it is no longer a residence?

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