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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what are these two acutely aware?
(a) Their disagreements.
(b) Their old age.
(c) Their roles in history.
(d) Their close friendship.

2. What happens between France and England in 1803?
(a) They decide to go to war with the U.S.
(b) They want to purchase land from Jefferson.
(c) They renew hostilities.
(d) They renew their friendship.

3. Who is raising Maria, known as Polly, Jefferson?
(a) John Wales.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Ben Franklin.
(d) Slaves in Virginia.

4. How would one describe Jefferson's lifestyle?
(a) Lavish.
(b) Austere.
(c) Humble.
(d) Meager.

5. What is ironic about the enforcement of the separation of church and state?
(a) It is not effective.
(b) It has not preserved religious freedom.
(c) It is not a true separation.
(d) It is enforced by the Supreme Court, the government institution Jefferson hates the most.

Short Answer Questions

1. What small parade precedes him to the Capitol?

2. How are Jefferson's actions towards slavery and his views of slavery contradictory?

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

4. Who constantly attends Jefferson at Monticello?

5. Who does Jefferson sometimes revile as a drunkard and sometimes as a wise, just ruler?

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