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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 the nickname Ellis gives for Sally Hemings?
(a) Silly Sally.
(b) White Sally.
(c) Sally Forth.
(d) Black Sal.

2. How is having an affair and fathering children with a slave viewed by people of Jefferson's day?
(a) Normal.
(b) Unimportant.
(c) Unethical.
(d) Not unusual.

3. Who is reportedly the father of Sally Hemings?
(a) John Wales.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

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

5. To what does Jefferson have a propensity?
(a) To understand that people have varying beliefs and not every issue is either black or white.
(b) To compromise on certain issues.
(c) To present questions as dichotomies between good and evil.
(d) To present questions according to God's love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Jefferson's actions towards slavery and his views of slavery contradictory?

2. What is Jefferson's refuge from troubled times?

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

4. What does Jefferson study in college?

5. Who is probably the most beloved and admired of American presidents?

(see the answer key)

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