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

2. How does Jefferson come to be a minor celebrity?
(a) His writing of the Declaration of Independence.
(b) His pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America."
(c) As governor of the state of Virginia.
(d) His ambassador position in France.

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

4. Who claims this president?
(a) Liberals and conservatives.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Democrats.
(d) His wife, Martha Wales.

5. Who is Sally Hemings?
(a) Jefferson's neice.
(b) Martha Wales' sister.
(c) A slave Jefferson inherited from his wife's family.
(d) Jefferson's wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the reason the author gives for the contradiction between Jefferson's opinion of slavery and his owning of slaves?

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

5. What do many slave owners require of their slaves?

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