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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Planter: Chapters 9-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Washington marry?
(a) Margaret Danbury Weston.
(b) Alice Spencer Haight.
(c) Ellen Cowen Newell.
(d) Martha Dandridge Custis.

2. In what month and year was the portrait of George Washington painted?
(a) April, 1799.
(b) March, 1793.
(c) December, 1789.
(d) July ,1776.

3. When Washington married Martha, the slave population at Mount Vernon ____________________.
(a) Tripled.
(b) Decreased by half.
(c) Was eliminated.
(d) More than doubled.

4. How many resolutions were presented in #46?
(a) 31.
(b) 17.
(c) 35.
(d) 24.

5. Washington quickly became aware of the difficulty of _____________________________.
(a) Running a farm.
(b) Raising stepchildren.
(c) Editing a newspaper.
(d) Relying on imports from Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Washington inherit Mount Vernon?

2. How many children did the woman have when she married Washington?

3. George and Martha Washington married in January of what year?

4. What event occurred which sent shockwaves through the colonies after the royal governor disbanded the House of Burgesses?

5. What was the name of Washington's home?

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