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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How are Jefferson's actions towards slavery and his views of slavery contradictory?
(a) He promotes slavery and owns slaves.
(b) He abhors slavery, and he does not own slaves.
(c) He believes slavery is immoral, yet he owns slaves.
(d) He believes that slavery is an acceptable practice, yet he does not own slaves.

3. What do both William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow claim about Jefferson?
(a) He shares their architectural style.
(b) He shares their views about human dignity.
(c) He shares their views of evolution and creation.
(d) He is a great man.

4. Who is reportedly the father of Sally Hemings?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) John Wales.

5. What is presentism?
(a) The obsession with requiring gifts and other presents.
(b) Not believing that events in the past have taken place; being completely focused on present-day issues and topics.
(c) The tendency to apply current social and ethical standard to the behavior of past eras.
(d) To present false information about an issue or historical period.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sally Hemings?

2. How does Jefferson come to be a minor celebrity?

3. What is Jefferson's attitude towards slavery?

4. Regarding Sally Hemings, of what is Jefferson regularly accused?

5. What does Jefferson idealize?

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