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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, The President: Chapters 46-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Washington looked to his home as a way of creating for himself the appearance of a_______________________.
(a) Political candidate.
(b) Military man.
(c) Wealthy plantation owner.
(d) Rigid slave owner.

2. What event occurred which sent shockwaves through the colonies after the royal governor disbanded the House of Burgesses?
(a) Paul Revere's Ride.
(b) The Boston Tea Party.
(c) The Battle of Bunker Hill.
(d) The Continental Congress.

3. Washington was an accomplished __________________.
(a) Poet.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Painter.
(d) Gardener.

4. Within a few months of taking office, Washington became ill with a tumor ________________ that had to be excised by a surgeon.
(a) On his back.
(b) Behind his ear.
(c) On his leg.
(d) On his kidney.

5. Who was the first husband of Washington's wife?
(a) Nathaniel David Bryce.
(b) Daniel Parke Custis.
(c) John James Cochran.
(d) Benjamin Joseph Hargrove.

Short Answer Questions

1. Washington would spend the rest of his life in the role of ___________________________.

2. Washington learned that Benedict Arnold had been conspiring with the British to capture ____________________.

3. As the war raged on in the South, Washington continued to push for a siege of __________________.

4. In 1765, to defray war costs, Parliament enacted the _____________________.

5. Washington met with ____________________ who presented him with resolutions to be presented to the Fairfax County committee.

(see the answer key)

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