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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abigail Adams encourage Jefferson to do, regarding his daughter Maria?
(a) To let Abigail take her to England.
(b) To keep her in Virginia.
(c) To put her in a boarding school in France.
(d) To bring her to France.

2. With whom did Jefferson engage in vile public clashes?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) John Adams.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Aaron Burr.

3. Who is Sally Hemings?
(a) Martha Wales' sister.
(b) A slave Jefferson inherited from his wife's family.
(c) Jefferson's wife.
(d) Jefferson's neice.

4. How much does Jefferson believe the war will cost?
(a) $3 million.
(b) $6 billion.
(c) $6 million.
(d) $3 billion.

5. Who does Patsy confess to loving more than her husband?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her nanny.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do both William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow claim about Jefferson?

3. On what are several of Jefferson's arguments based?

4. What is Jefferson's refuge from troubled times?

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

(see the answer key)

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