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

2. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?
(a) He arrives in an opulent carriage with three slaves outfitted in elaborate costumes.
(b) He arrives secretly in the night, due to the high security risk.
(c) He arrives excited and ready to lead the nation.
(d) He arrives by horseback, as do most people at this time.

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

4. Why is little known about Jefferson's early history?
(a) All records are destroyed in a fire in Shadwell, Virginia.
(b) No records are kept of his early life.
(c) His early life is fairly inconsequential.
(d) He has his records destroyed to protect his family.

5. What does Jefferson argue should be eliminated from the Constitution of the new nation?
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) Freedom of the press.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson idealize?

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

3. What have several historians pointed out does not exist between a master and a slave?

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

5. How long does Jefferson believe the war will last?

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