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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what are several of Jefferson's arguments based?
(a) Truths.
(b) The history of monarchies.
(c) Historical facts.
(d) Untruths.

2. What is the Boston Tea Party?
(a) A gathering of colonists to peacefully protest British rule.
(b) A prank by a group of hooligans.
(c) A tea store in Boston.
(d) A fundraiser for the city of Boston.

3. What is the nickname Ellis gives for Sally Hemings?
(a) Black Sal.
(b) White Sally.
(c) Sally Forth.
(d) Silly Sally.

4. What is a key facet of Jefferson's personality?
(a) His fatherly love.
(b) His sense of humor.
(c) His abhorence of slavery.
(d) His lifelong avoidance of conflict.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claims this president?

2. What do both Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover claim about Jefferson?

3. How does Jefferson feel about spirited debates?

4. What is Jefferson's attitude towards slavery?

5. What does Jefferson know about some of the revisionist history he writes?

(see the answer key)

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