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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 the author find surprising about an evening devoted to Jefferson in 1993?
(a) 40 people attend, rather than the estimated 400.
(b) 400 people attend, rather than the estimated 40.
(c) The audience is very argumentative about Jefferson's stand on slavery.
(d) The audience has little respect for Jefferson as a president.

2. Why does the audience not ask questions regarding Jefferson's slave ownership and relationship with Sally Hemings?
(a) They are too well-mannered.
(b) They are too timid.
(c) They are too embarrassed.
(d) They are unsure whether it is appropriate to discuss these issues.

3. What test proves that Ellis's belief that a dalliance is completely out of character for Jefferson is incorrect?
(a) A Regence test.
(b) A DNA test.
(c) A DRA test.
(d) A drug test.

4. How does Jefferson feel about spirited debates?
(a) He believes they are a waste of time.
(b) He has a stong aversion towards them and is unable to participate.
(c) He loves to be in on the action.
(d) He thinks they are very beneficial when fighting for a cause.

5. What do both Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover claim about Jefferson?
(a) His ideals in their very different ways of handling the Depression.
(b) His views of isolationism.
(c) His opinion of the women's rights movement.
(d) His ideals in their very different opinions of prohibition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a key facet of Jefferson's personality?

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

3. To what is Jefferson compared at an elaborate dinner party?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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