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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How are Jefferson's actions towards slavery and his views of slavery contradictory?
(a) He believes slavery is immoral, yet he owns slaves.
(b) He believes that slavery is an acceptable practice, yet he does not own slaves.
(c) He abhors slavery, and he does not own slaves.
(d) He promotes slavery and owns slaves.

5. How does Jefferson come to be a minor celebrity?
(a) As governor of the state of Virginia.
(b) His pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America."
(c) His ambassador position in France.
(d) His writing of the Declaration of Independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sally Hemings?

2. How does Jefferson feel about spirited debates?

3. What is the Boston Tea Party?

4. What is Jefferson's attitude towards slavery?

5. What do both Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover claim about Jefferson?

(see the answer key)

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