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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, The Statesman: Chapters 38-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following did NOT plague Washington after the Battle of Saratoga?
(a) Distrust within Congress.
(b) Rumors of replacing him as the leader of the army.
(c) A bout of pneumonia.
(d) Insubordination among his generals.

3. Which country enacted the Townshend Acts which placed duties on more goods sold to American colonists?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Britain.
(d) Germany.

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

5. Where did Washington slip away to while on his way to survey the battles taking place in the South?
(a) Harper's Ferry.
(b) Mount Vernon.
(c) Greenbrier.
(d) Monticello.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which battle would lead to the surrender of the British army?

2. Who did Washington decide to marry?

3. What was the French stronghold in the Ohio Valley?

4. The people of which states continued to support the British during the Revolutionary War?

5. In 1774, Washington was one of several Virginia delegates to attend the first ________________________.

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