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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family is allowed to live at Mulberry Row?
(a) His entire slave family.
(b) Those family members with dark skin.
(c) The Hemings family.
(d) Jefferson's family.

2. Why does the audience not ask questions regarding Jefferson's slave ownership and relationship with Sally Hemings?
(a) They are too embarrassed.
(b) They are too timid.
(c) They are too well-mannered.
(d) They are unsure whether it is appropriate to discuss these issues.

3. What does the author find surprising about an evening devoted to Jefferson in 1993?
(a) The audience is very argumentative about Jefferson's stand on slavery.
(b) 400 people attend, rather than the estimated 40.
(c) 40 people attend, rather than the estimated 400.
(d) The audience has little respect for Jefferson as a president.

4. Why is little known about Jefferson's early history?
(a) His early life is fairly inconsequential.
(b) All records are destroyed in a fire in Shadwell, Virginia.
(c) No records are kept of his early life.
(d) He has his records destroyed to protect his family.

5. Who does Jefferson sometimes revile as a drunkard and sometimes as a wise, just ruler?
(a) King Louis XVI.
(b) King George III.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) Mary, Queen of Scots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason the author gives for the contradiction between Jefferson's opinion of slavery and his owning of slaves?

2. Why is it difficult for Patsy to love her husband?

3. What does Jefferson owe English and Scottish firms?

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

5. How are Jefferson's political beliefs during those revolutionary times?

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