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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jefferson's most successful financial enterprise?
(a) Nail making.
(b) Growing tobacco.
(c) Making wagon wheels.
(d) Growing wheat.

2. How does Jefferson come to be a minor celebrity?
(a) His writing of the Declaration of Independence.
(b) His pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America."
(c) His ambassador position in France.
(d) As governor of the state of Virginia.

3. How do Jefferson's views on slavery continue to be?
(a) Kind.
(b) Simple.
(c) Complex.
(d) Humane.

4. What is the end result of this planting?
(a) A successful harvest.
(b) Failure.
(c) Plentiful fields.
(d) The purchasing of more slaves to harvest the crop.

5. What happens between France and England in 1803?
(a) They renew hostilities.
(b) They want to purchase land from Jefferson.
(c) They decide to go to war with the U.S.
(d) They renew their friendship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would Jefferson have gone through life, if his pamphlet had not been published?

2. What governmental position does Alexander Hamilton hold?

3. What makes American ships easy prey?

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

5. To what is Jefferson compared at an elaborate dinner party?

(see the answer key)

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