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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jefferson attend college?
(a) At the College of Wiliam and Mary.
(b) At the University of Virginia.
(c) At Oberlin College.
(d) At New York University.

2. What promise does Martha extract from Jefferson?
(a) A deathbed promise to not remarry.
(b) To end his affair with Sally.
(c) To send his children to expensive boarding schools.
(d) To go back to Philadelphia to be a member of the Continental Congress.

3. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?
(a) He arrives excited and ready to lead the nation.
(b) He arrives secretly in the night, due to the high security risk.
(c) He arrives in an opulent carriage with three slaves outfitted in elaborate costumes.
(d) He arrives by horseback, as do most people at this time.

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

5. When he is elected president, what does George Washington offer Jefferson?
(a) The position of Secretary of Homeland Security.
(b) The position of Secretary of State.
(c) The position of Vice President.
(d) The position of Secretary of the Interior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jefferson's attitude towards slavery?

2. How long is Jefferson Governor of Virginia?

3. What happens to Martha Wales Jefferson several months after the birth of their daughter Lucy Elizabeth?

4. How does Jefferson arrive in Paris?

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

(see the answer key)

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