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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lasts the remainder of Jefferson's and Adams' lives?
(a) Their terms in office.
(b) Their exchange of letters.
(c) Their hatred for one another.
(d) The marriage of their children to one another.

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

3. When does Jefferson permanently retire to Monticello?
(a) 1829.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1800.

4. When is there an increase in U.S. military might?
(a) During the Civil War.
(b) During the Vietnam War.
(c) During the Cold War.
(d) During the Gulf War.

5. Who points out "The true Jeffersonian legacy is to be hostile to legacies?"
(a) Joclyn Smith.
(b) Jaqueline Applegate.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Joyce Appleby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson know about some of the revisionist history he writes?

2. Why does the wife of a British minister refer to his administration as "barbaric?"

3. What has happened with Thomas Jefferson's popularity over time?

4. What does Jefferson announce, almost immediately, after the Embargo Act is passed?

5. Who is deeply in debt?

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