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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jefferson decide to plant in the place of tobacco?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Soybeans.
(c) Corn.
(d) Flax.

2. What does Abigail Adams provide Jefferson from London?
(a) A connection to King George III.
(b) Intimate female companionship.
(c) A connection with Parliament.
(d) Parenting advice.

3. Who does Patsy marry?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Thomas Payne.
(c) Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.
(d) William Randolph Hearst.

4. How is Jefferson's arrival in Washington, D.C?
(a) Austere.
(b) Sad.
(c) Ostentatious.
(d) Exciting.

5. As president, from what does Jefferson suffer?
(a) Stage fright.
(b) Attacks by the press.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Asthma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Martha Wales Jefferson several months after the birth of their daughter Lucy Elizabeth?

2. What is expected of politicians of Jefferson's day?

3. Why do many men of Jefferson's time refuse to own slaves?

4. How many children do Patsy and her husband have?

5. What does the author find surprising about an evening devoted to Jefferson in 1993?

(see the answer key)

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