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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) George Washington.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) George Bush.

2. Why does the audience not ask questions regarding Jefferson's slave ownership and relationship with Sally Hemings?
(a) They are too timid.
(b) They are too well-mannered.
(c) They are unsure whether it is appropriate to discuss these issues.
(d) They are too embarrassed.

3. Of what has Jefferson either never learned the technique or accepted the necessity?
(a) Arguing his cause.
(b) Childrearing.
(c) Compromise.
(d) Debate.

4. How are Jefferson's actions towards slavery and his views of slavery contradictory?
(a) He promotes slavery and owns slaves.
(b) He believes slavery is immoral, yet he owns slaves.
(c) He believes that slavery is an acceptable practice, yet he does not own slaves.
(d) He abhors slavery, and he does not own slaves.

5. How does Ellis feel about presentism?
(a) He argues against it.
(b) He agrees with it.
(c) He is unsure about his stand on it.
(d) He suffers from it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?

2. How would Jefferson have gone through life, if his pamphlet had not been published?

3. What is presentism?

4. Of what does Ellis feel it is unfair to accuse a man of Jefferson's time regarding women?

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

(see the answer key)

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