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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would Jefferson have gone through life, if his pamphlet had not been published?
(a) As a Virginia politician.
(b) As a well-known lawyer.
(c) Unnoticed.
(d) An American ambassador.

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

3. What is Jefferson's last attempt to save Monticello for his daughter and her children?
(a) He sells all of his slaves.
(b) He does not try to save Monticello.
(c) He asks the Virginia legislature to allow him to conduct a public lottery.
(d) He asks his neighbors to donate money to pay his debts.

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

5. How does Jefferson believe emancipation would work?
(a) If the newly freed slaves are deported.
(b) It would start slowly in the northern states and then work south and west.
(c) It would not work well at all.
(d) It would work extremely well.

Short Answer Questions

1. By whom does Jefferson subsidize libelous accusations against Adams?

2. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?

3. Who does Polly marry?

4. How long does Jefferson believe the war will last?

5. What is the cause of friction for Jefferson?

(see the answer key)

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