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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do many slave owners require of their slaves?
(a) An education.
(b) Sexual services.
(c) Disobedience.
(d) Tutoring.

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

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

5. What illustrates two central features of Jefferson's personality?
(a) The address called the "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms."
(b) His friendships with John Adams and Ben Franklin.
(c) His relationship with his children.
(d) The amended version of the "Declaration of Independence."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jefferson attend college?

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

3. What does the author find surprising about an evening devoted to Jefferson in 1993?

4. Why does the audience not ask questions regarding Jefferson's slave ownership and relationship with Sally Hemings?

5. To what does Jefferson have a propensity?

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