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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 cause of friction for Jefferson?
(a) His relationship with Sally Hemings.
(b) His marriage to Martha.
(c) His political career.
(d) His stint as governor.

2. 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 according to God's love.
(d) To present questions as dichotomies between good and evil.

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

4. 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 is against slavery but owns them because he feels pressure to do so.
(d) He enjoys an easier life by owning slaves, therefore he is pro-slavery.

5. How long does Jefferson believe the war will last?
(a) About one year.
(b) About four years.
(c) About six months.
(d) About three months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is little known about Jefferson's early history?

2. What test proves that Ellis's belief that a dalliance is completely out of character for Jefferson is incorrect?

3. What is presentism?

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

5. How are Jefferson's political beliefs during those revolutionary times?

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