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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Martha Wales Jefferson several months after the birth of their daughter Lucy Elizabeth?
(a) She becomes pregnant with their fourth child.
(b) She dies.
(c) She becomes ill but recovers.
(d) She tells Jefferson she is not having anymore of his children.

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

3. Regarding Sally Hemings, of what is Jefferson regularly accused?
(a) Not providing for her.
(b) Being her father.
(c) Selling her into slavery.
(d) Having an affair with her after his wife's death and fathering several of her seven children.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what party does Jefferson become the leader in just a few years?

2. How does Jefferson arrive in Paris?

3. When it comes to Jefferson's writing, what does he not like?

4. On what are several of Jefferson's arguments based?

5. What issue does Ellis dismiss as "slanderous assaults?"

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