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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ellis feel about presentism?
(a) He is unsure about his stand on it.
(b) He argues against it.
(c) He suffers from it.
(d) He agrees with it.

2. How is having an affair and fathering children with a slave viewed by people of Jefferson's day?
(a) Unethical.
(b) Unimportant.
(c) Not unusual.
(d) Normal.

3. What does Ellis call flexibility and others might call hypocrisy?
(a) Jefferson's dexterity to tailor his writings for a specific audience.
(b) His relationship with King George III.
(c) His opinion on slavery.
(d) His relationship with women other than his wife.

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

5. To what is Jefferson compared at an elaborate dinner party?
(a) A criminal.
(b) A mime.
(c) A non-English-speaking guest.
(d) A court jester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue does Ellis dismiss as "slanderous assaults?"

2. Who is probably the most beloved and admired of American presidents?

3. What is presentism?

4. Where does Jefferson attend college?

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

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