Farewell Address SS Quiz

Which of the following inferences about George Washington is best supported by the first paragraph of the excerpt? "The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made."

• He has decided not to run for re-election as president.

• He has purchased a farm at Mount Vernon.

• He has decided to alter the election date.

• He doesn’t think that the election process is proper.

Which of the following selections is best supported by the passage below? "Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment."

• Washington wants to remind listeners of the importance of liberty.

• The American people’s commitment to liberty is uncertain.

• Liberty is beneficial for the heart ligaments of the American people.

• Washington is confident of the American people’s commitment to liberty.

Which of the following sentences from the excerpt best supports Washington’s belief that national unity is of the highest importance?

• “But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth;”

• “Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.”

• “...it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it;”

• “...I am influenced by no diminution of zeal for your future interest, no deficiency of grateful respect for your past kindness, but am supported by a full conviction that the step is compatible with both.”

What information does the following passage mainly convey? "In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as matter of serious concern that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations, Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection. "

• The differences between districts are greater than the similarities.

• The people who create disunity are mostly working to help others.

• Some people will try to create divisions between districts out of self interest.

• Party influence is important for rising to become head of a district.

Which statement about religion and morality would the author most likely agree with?

• They are important in private life, but not in political matters.

• They are essential to good governance.

• They are helpful in some cases, but not in others.

• They must be practiced in the same way by every citizen.

Which passage from the text most strongly communicates the answer to Question 5?

• “Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?”

• “The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them.”

• “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.”

• “Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?”

According to the excerpt, how does George Washington most hope to be remembered by his fellow citizens?

• As a flawless leader who never made mistakes.

• That his long years of service outweigh any faults he may have had.

• That he did the best he could with little natural talent.

• He doesn’t want to be remembered.

Which passage from the text most strongly communicates the answer to Question 7?

• “Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors.”

• “Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it?”

• “I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence; and that, after forty five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.”

• “...I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy,the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever-favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.”