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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. Why was Washington envious of Jacky Custis?
(a) Jacky had the opportunity for a formal education.
(b) Jacky had broad shoulders.
(c) Jacky had thick, dark hair.
(d) Jacky had a good sense of humor.

2. Washington organized his own group of aides to include Captain Alexander Hamilton and____________________.
(a) Marquis de Lafayette.
(b) Captain Henry Stanton.
(c) Major Benjamin Greene.
(d) Lt. Colonel Nathanael Fairfax.

3. Jefferson and Madison argued that Hamilton's Federalists supported ____________________ in America.
(a) Three political parties.
(b) A monarch.
(c) The death penalty.
(d) Civil rights.

4. Why would Washington feel inadequate around people all his life?
(a) He started to go bald at an early age.
(b) The lack of a formal education.
(c) He had wooden teeth.
(d) He was so much taller than everyone else.

5. How many years did Washington spend as President of the United States?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which general asked Washington to be his aide-de-camp because of Washington's frontier experience?

2. Another decisive defeat of Washington's men by the British took place on Chatterton's Hill as both armies moved to dominate the ______________________.

3. What was the name of the farm inherited by Washington's eldest half-brother?

4. Which person close to Washington died at the end of the Revolutionary War?

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

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