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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what does Jefferson have a propensity?
(a) To compromise on certain issues.
(b) To present questions as dichotomies between good and evil.
(c) To understand that people have varying beliefs and not every issue is either black or white.
(d) To present questions according to God's love.

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

4. Who claims this president?
(a) His wife, Martha Wales.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Liberals and conservatives.

5. 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 well-mannered.
(c) They are too timid.
(d) They are unsure whether it is appropriate to discuss these issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ellis feel about presentism?

2. Why do many men of Jefferson's time refuse to own slaves?

3. Of what has Jefferson either never learned the technique or accepted the necessity?

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

5. What issue does Ellis dismiss as "slanderous assaults?"

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