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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. What was the name of Washington's home?
(a) Fairfax Glen.
(b) White House Farm.
(c) Mount Vernon.
(d) Monticello.

2. As the war raged on in the South, Washington continued to push for a siege of __________________.
(a) Maryland.
(b) New York.
(c) Virginia.
(d) New Jersey.

3. Who was the artist who painted Washington's portrait that appears on American currency?
(a) Gamble Stockstill.
(b) Gilbert Stuart.
(c) Gerard Stillwell.
(d) Giles Simonson.

4. A group of men in Washington's army mutinied and killed their officers because ________________________.
(a) They were forced to march twenty miles a day.
(b) They were forced to march during a blizzard.
(c) They were forced to stand guard for double shifts.
(d) They didn't have pay, food or clothing.

5. How many children did Washington's father have with his first wife?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What placed a huge burden on Washington's precarious finances?

2. Washington saw himself as a/an _________________ slaveholder.

3. What does Ron Chernow base this book on George Washington?

4. How old was the person in #105 when he/she died in 1781?

5. What did Washington put efforts toward preserving after the war?

(see the answer key)

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