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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jefferson idealize?
(a) France.
(b) The King of England.
(c) Nature.
(d) Humanity.

3. Who is reportedly the father of Sally Hemings?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) John Wales.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jefferson attend college?

2. Who claims this president?

3. How are Jefferson's political beliefs during those revolutionary times?

4. What illustrates two central features of Jefferson's personality?

5. What two decisions shape Jefferson's entire life?

(see the answer key)

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