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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. When do historians discover Jefferson is at Monticello with Sally nine months before she gives birth to each of her children?

2. Where is Jefferson the most popular historical figure?

3. What closes all ports in the U.S. to trade and is an economically crippling move?

4. Who is Aaron Burr?

5. What changes would Jefferson wholeheartedly approve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Jefferson's and Adam' friendship?

2. What do historians verify in the 1950s?

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

4. What happens between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton?

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

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

7. Why does Jefferson retreat to Poplar Forest?

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

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

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

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

Jefferson writes the Declaration of independence.

Part 1) How long does it take Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence?

Part 2) Why might it have taken him this amount of time to write it?

Part 3) By what and whom is he inspired? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Jefferson frequently launches attacks on the British Parliament and King George III.

Part 1) How does he attack them?

Part 2) Of what does he accuse them?

Part 3) Does Jefferson have a valid argument against either Parliament or the king? Explain.

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