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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 a key facet of Jefferson's personality?
(a) His fatherly love.
(b) His abhorence of slavery.
(c) His sense of humor.
(d) His lifelong avoidance of conflict.

2. Soon after retiring to Monticello, he outlines a tract addressing what charges?
(a) That he fled from the British invaders.
(b) That he had an affair with Sally Hemings.
(c) That he is an alcoholic.
(d) That he is an atheist.

3. What illustrates two central features of Jefferson's personality?
(a) The amended version of the "Declaration of Independence."
(b) The address called the "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms."
(c) His friendships with John Adams and Ben Franklin.
(d) His relationship with his children.

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

5. Who are the last surviving Founding Fathers?
(a) Jefferson and Adams.
(b) Madison and Monroe.
(c) Hamilton and Burr.
(d) Jefferson and Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Jefferson the founder?

2. Why does Jefferson retire to Monticello by 1794?

3. With whom did Jefferson engage in vile public clashes?

4. What family is allowed to live at Mulberry Row?

5. What is Jefferson's last attempt to save Monticello for his daughter and her children?

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