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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who handles the negotiations with the French?
(a) Burr.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Adams.
(d) Madison.

2. What lasts the remainder of Jefferson's and Adams' lives?
(a) Their terms in office.
(b) The marriage of their children to one another.
(c) Their hatred for one another.
(d) Their exchange of letters.

3. What does Jefferson argue should be eliminated from the Constitution of the new nation?
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Freedom of the press.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Freedom of speech.

4. How many slaves does Jefferson own at this point in his life?
(a) Between 50 and 100.
(b) Between 5 and 10.
(c) Between 100 and 200.
(d) Between 10 and 20.

5. Soon after retiring to Monticello, he outlines a tract addressing what charges?
(a) That he fled from the British invaders.
(b) That he is an atheist.
(c) That he had an affair with Sally Hemings.
(d) That he is an alcoholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson believe the vastness of the western territories would do to slavery?

2. Of what party does Jefferson become the leader in just a few years?

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

4. What does the previous administration rename Washington's Goose Creek?

5. Even as he voices inspiring words uniting republicans and federalists in his first inaugural address, what does he say in personal letters to friends?

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