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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the audience not ask questions regarding Jefferson's slave ownership and relationship with Sally Hemings?
(a) They are too embarrassed.
(b) They are too timid.
(c) They are too well-mannered.
(d) They are unsure whether it is appropriate to discuss these issues.

2. Of what does Ellis feel it is unfair to accuse a man of Jefferson's time regarding women?
(a) Family.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Nudity.
(d) Sexism.

3. Where does Jefferson attend college?
(a) At New York University.
(b) At the University of Virginia.
(c) At the College of Wiliam and Mary.
(d) At Oberlin College.

4. How would Jefferson have gone through life, if his pamphlet had not been published?
(a) As a well-known lawyer.
(b) As a Virginia politician.
(c) An American ambassador.
(d) Unnoticed.

5. What does Jefferson argue should be eliminated from the Constitution of the new nation?
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) Freedom of the press.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Women's rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Regarding Sally Hemings, of what is Jefferson regularly accused?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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