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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has been recognized by the "American Institute of Architects as 'the proudest achievement of American architecture in the past 200 years?'"
(a) Monticello.
(b) The College of William and Mary.
(c) Poplar Forest.
(d) The University of Virginia.

2. What has happened with Thomas Jefferson's popularity over time?
(a) It has stayed the same.
(b) It has plummeted.
(c) It has decreased.
(d) It has increased.

3. What does Jefferson do regarding miscegenation?
(a) He passes a law to preserve it.
(b) He encourages it.
(c) He practices miscegenation.
(d) He repeatedly speaks out about its evils.

4. Even as he voices inspiring words uniting republicans and federalists in his first inaugural address, what does he say in personal letters to friends?
(a) He vows to eradicate the Republicans.
(b) He vows to eradicate all parties.
(c) He vows to eradicate the Federalists.
(d) He vows to start his own party, the Democrats.

5. When do historians discover Jefferson is at Monticello with Sally nine months before she gives birth to each of her children?
(a) In the 1950s.
(b) In the 1960s.
(c) In the 1850s.
(d) In the 1860s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes would Jefferson wholeheartedly approve?

2. For how much does Napoleon sell the land?

3. Who is Elizabeth Walker?

4. When is there an increase in U.S. military might?

5. How are John Adam's last words factually incorrect?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does James Callender play in this scandal?

2. Who are the last two surviving Founding Fathers, and how are they treated?

3. What is the reason for the lack of pomp in his arrival to the Capitol?

4. Why is Jefferson accused, inaccurately, of being an atheist?

5. How do Jefferson and Adams begin to reconcile their friendship?

6. Why might it be possible that this affair took place?

7. What is ironic about Jefferson's approval of the separation of church and state?

8. What does Jefferson want to eliminate as president?

9. How does Jefferson spend his retirement?

10. Although Jefferson believes that slavery should be abolished, what does he feel about the issue of equality?

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