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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides slaves, what else does Jefferson inherit from his father-in-law's estate?
(a) A house.
(b) Land.
(c) Debt.
(d) Animals.

2. What is expected of politicians of Jefferson's day?
(a) To do what the people want.
(b) To live in Washington, D.C.
(c) To be fallible humans like the rest of mankind.
(d) To represent the best that mankind has to offer.

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

4. What affect does Jefferson's term as Governor of Virginia have on the state?
(a) The state's economy prospers.
(b) The state's economy is a disaster.
(c) The state develops rapidly.
(d) The state goesunder major political renovations.

5. What is Jefferson's refuge from troubled times?
(a) Monticello.
(b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(c) Richmond, Virginia.
(d) The Continental Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson decide to plant in the place of tobacco?

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

3. What is the end result of this planting?

4. Who does Jefferson refer to his slaves?

5. What have several historians pointed out does not exist between a master and a slave?

(see the answer key)

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