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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is probably the most beloved and admired of American presidents?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) George Bush.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

2. What is the Boston Tea Party?
(a) A gathering of colonists to peacefully protest British rule.
(b) A fundraiser for the city of Boston.
(c) A prank by a group of hooligans.
(d) A tea store in Boston.

3. Why do many men of Jefferson's time refuse to own slaves?
(a) They believe slaves spread disease.
(b) They abhore those that are not white.
(c) On moral grounds.
(d) They believe in complete segregation.

4. Why is little known about Jefferson's early history?
(a) His early life is fairly inconsequential.
(b) He has his records destroyed to protect his family.
(c) All records are destroyed in a fire in Shadwell, Virginia.
(d) No records are kept of his early life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson argue should be eliminated from the Constitution of the new nation?

2. What is expected of politicians of Jefferson's day?

3. How long does Jefferson believe the war will last?

4. What does Jefferson study in college?

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

(see the answer key)

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