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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens between France and England in 1803?

2. What makes American ships easy prey?

3. What small parade precedes him to the Capitol?

4. Why does the wife of a British minister refer to his administration as "barbaric?"

5. What speeches does Jefferson make during his time as president?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Jefferson's public speaking as president?

4. How does Ellis feel about the accusations that Jefferson has an illicit affair with his slave, Sally Hemings?

5. Why does Jefferson retreat to Poplar Forest?

6. Of what aspects of our culture and government would Jefferson approve?

7. What is the most enduring scandal of Jefferson's life?

8. Of what aspects of our culture and government would Jefferson disapprove?

9. How does Madison Hemings back the claim that Jefferson had an illicit affair with Sally Hemings?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jefferson idealizes nature.

Part 1) What does he believe about the natural world?

Part 2) What examples from the text show he idealizes nature?

Part 3) Is he correct in his belief? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

After Jefferson's 1775 to 1776 winter retreat to Monticello, he tries unsuccessfully to avoid returning to Philadelphia.

Part 1) Why does he not want to return?

Part 2) What are his tactics for avoiding the return?

Part 3) Where would Jefferson rather be? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Jefferson loves his wife, but he finds a woman who is a rare equal.

Part 1) Who is this woman?

Part 2) How is she the equal of Jefferson?

Part 3) What type of relationship do these two have?

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