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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how much does Napoleon sell the land?
(a) Three cents per acre.
(b) One dollar per acre.
(c) One cent per acre.
(d) Three dollars per acre.

2. Jefferson's nail-making laborer's are compared to what author's characters?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Jane Seymour.
(d) Charles Manson.

3. Regarding Sally Hemings, of what is Jefferson regularly accused?
(a) Selling her into slavery.
(b) Having an affair with her after his wife's death and fathering several of her seven children.
(c) Not providing for her.
(d) Being her father.

4. Who does Jefferson sometimes revile as a drunkard and sometimes as a wise, just ruler?
(a) Mary, Queen of Scots.
(b) King Louis XVI.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) King George III.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two decisions shape Jefferson's entire life?

2. What is a key facet of Jefferson's personality?

3. How is Jefferson's arrival in Washington, D.C?

4. How does Jefferson come to be a minor celebrity?

5. What is the end result of this planting?

(see the answer key)

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