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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How are Jefferson's political beliefs during those revolutionary times?
(a) Unknown.
(b) Radical.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Conservative.

3. What two decisions shape Jefferson's entire life?
(a) His marriage to Martha and his move to Philadelphia.
(b) The writing of his pamphlets and his time as governor of Virginia.
(c) His marriage to Martha and the birth of his three daughters.
(d) To build a house and run for the House of Burgesses.

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

5. What is the reason the author gives for the contradiction between Jefferson's opinion of slavery and his owning of slaves?
(a) He believes in human dignity for those that are of European descent, as long as they do not own slaves.
(b) He believes in human dignity and freedom, as long as it does not conflict with his own wealth and comfort.
(c) He enjoys an easier life by owning slaves, therefore he is pro-slavery.
(d) He is against slavery but owns them because he feels pressure to do so.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Sally Hemings?

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

4. Regarding Sally Hemings, of what is Jefferson regularly accused?

5. What is the nickname Ellis gives for Sally Hemings?

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