View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issue does Ellis dismiss as "slanderous assaults?"
(a) The Constitution issue.
(b) The slavery issue.
(c) the Declaration of Independence issue.
(d) The Sally Hemings issue.

2. How would Jefferson have gone through life, if his pamphlet had not been published?
(a) As a Virginia politician.
(b) An American ambassador.
(c) Unnoticed.
(d) As a well-known lawyer.

3. What is the cause of friction for Jefferson?
(a) His relationship with Sally Hemings.
(b) His stint as governor.
(c) His political career.
(d) His marriage to Martha.

4. Of what is the pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America" a first draft?
(a) Articles of the Confederation.
(b) Constitution for the Freedom of Colonial America.
(c) Declaration of Independence.
(d) Declaration of Treachery by King George III.

5. Of what party does Jefferson become the leader in just a few years?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Independent Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Whig Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jefferson's attitude towards slavery?

2. Of what has Jefferson either never learned the technique or accepted the necessity?

3. When he is elected president, what does George Washington offer Jefferson?

4. How does Ellis feel about presentism?

5. What illustrates two central features of Jefferson's personality?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 287 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample