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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two decisions shape Jefferson's entire life?
(a) His marriage to Martha and the birth of his three daughters.
(b) The writing of his pamphlets and his time as governor of Virginia.
(c) To build a house and run for the House of Burgesses.
(d) His marriage to Martha and his move to Philadelphia.

2. What is expected of politicians of Jefferson's day?
(a) To live in Washington, D.C.
(b) To represent the best that mankind has to offer.
(c) To be fallible humans like the rest of mankind.
(d) To do what the people want.

3. How does Jefferson feel about spirited debates?
(a) He loves to be in on the action.
(b) He thinks they are very beneficial when fighting for a cause.
(c) He has a stong aversion towards them and is unable to participate.
(d) He believes they are a waste of time.

4. How long does Jefferson believe the war will last?
(a) About six months.
(b) About four years.
(c) About three months.
(d) About one year.

5. Regarding Sally Hemings, of what is Jefferson regularly accused?
(a) Selling her into slavery.
(b) Having an affair with her after his wife's death and fathering several of her seven children.
(c) Being her father.
(d) Not providing for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?

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

3. Of what is the pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America" a first draft?

4. How much does Jefferson believe the war will cost?

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

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