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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 presentism?
(a) Not believing that events in the past have taken place; being completely focused on present-day issues and topics.
(b) The obsession with requiring gifts and other presents.
(c) To present false information about an issue or historical period.
(d) The tendency to apply current social and ethical standard to the behavior of past eras.

2. How much does Jefferson believe the war will cost?
(a) $3 million.
(b) $6 million.
(c) $6 billion.
(d) $3 billion.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is reportedly the father of Sally Hemings?

3. Why is little known about Jefferson's early history?

4. How is having an affair and fathering children with a slave viewed by people of Jefferson's day?

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

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