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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Jefferson's views on slavery continue to be?
(a) Complex.
(b) Simple.
(c) Humane.
(d) Kind.

2. What does Jefferson announce, almost immediately, after the Embargo Act is passed?
(a) He would not seek another term in office.
(b) He is getting remarried.
(c) He will run for another term in office.
(d) He is canceling the Embarg Act.

3. How does Ellis feel about presentism?
(a) He argues against it.
(b) He suffers from it.
(c) He is unsure about his stand on it.
(d) He agrees with it.

4. By whom does Jefferson subsidize libelous accusations against Adams?
(a) James Callender.
(b) Ben Franklin.
(c) James Monroe.
(d) Elizabeth Walker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?

2. Of what does Ellis feel it is unfair to accuse a man of Jefferson's time regarding women?

3. Why does Napoleon enter into negotiations to sell what is called the Louisiana Purchase?

4. Soon after retiring to Monticello, he outlines a tract addressing what charges?

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

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