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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After finding out his new estate manager was ill, Washington traveled to Mount Vernon for how many days?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 14 days.

2. Who became the new Attorney General after the death of William Bradford?
(a) Thomas Chase.
(b) Charles Lee.
(c) Oliver Ellsworth.
(d) James McHenry.

3. What were Washington's feelings on attending the Constitutional Convention?
(a) He felt obligated to attend.
(b) He dreaded attending.
(c) He was excited to attend.
(d) He was anxious to attend.

4. Washington was elected by the electoral college on February 4, 1789. On what day did Washington receive formal notification of his election?
(a) May 14, 1789.
(b) February 14, 1789.
(c) March 14, 1789.
(d) April 14, 1789.

5. Who was opposed to the idea of "discrimination" with regard to finances?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

6. Who wrote "the tree of liberty had to be watered by human blood"?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) John Adams.
(d) George Washington.

7. Who worked out a code with Jefferson to communicate secretly with the leaders of the opposition?
(a) John Adams.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) James Monroe.

8. Who was appointed to succeed Jefferson as Secretary of State?
(a) Thomas Johnson.
(b) John Jay.
(c) Robert Livingston.
(d) Edmund Randolph.

9. Which two states chartered the Potomac Canal Company?
(a) Virginia and Pennsylvania.
(b) Delaware and Maryland.
(c) Delaware and Pennsylvania.
(d) Maryland and Virginia.

10. Who became one of Washington's financial advisers?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

11. Which state was 15 times more populous than Delaware?
(a) Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) Maryland.
(d) North Carolina.

12. Who was appointed Minister to Holland?
(a) Thomas Pinckney.
(b) William Short.
(c) Gouverneur Morris
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

13. Who sat in the reserved seat to the right of Martha Washington at her tea parties?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Abigail Adams.
(c) The mayor of Philadelphia's wife.
(d) The wife of John Jay.

14. Who was noted as being an "Anglophobe"?
(a) James Madison.
(b) John Adams.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

15. Which two people denounced the Neutrality Proclamation in writing?
(a) Madison and Monroe.
(b) Jefferson and Madison.
(c) Jefferson and Hamilton.
(d) Monroe and Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaced Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury?

2. Which country did Washington believe the pamphlet "Common Sense" was influenced?

3. Whose resignation did Washington receive on July 31, 1793?

4. Why did Washington have surgery in 1789?

5. What was Washington's main reason for seeking retirement?

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