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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two decisions shape Jefferson's entire life?
(a) To build a house and run for the House of Burgesses.
(b) His marriage to Martha and the birth of his three daughters.
(c) His marriage to Martha and his move to Philadelphia.
(d) The writing of his pamphlets and his time as governor of Virginia.

2. What do both Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover claim about Jefferson?
(a) His ideals in their very different opinions of prohibition.
(b) His opinion of the women's rights movement.
(c) His views of isolationism.
(d) His ideals in their very different ways of handling the Depression.

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

4. What is Jefferson's refuge from troubled times?
(a) Richmond, Virginia.
(b) Monticello.
(c) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(d) The Continental Congress.

5. Of what has Jefferson either never learned the technique or accepted the necessity?
(a) Childrearing.
(b) Arguing his cause.
(c) Debate.
(d) Compromise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Boston Tea Party?

2. Why do many men of Jefferson's time refuse to own slaves?

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

4. What does the author find surprising about an evening devoted to Jefferson in 1993?

5. Why does the audience not ask questions regarding Jefferson's slave ownership and relationship with Sally Hemings?

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