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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sally Hemings?
(a) Jefferson's neice.
(b) Jefferson's wife.
(c) A slave Jefferson inherited from his wife's family.
(d) Martha Wales' sister.

2. Of what party does Jefferson become the leader in just a few years?
(a) The Independent Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The Democratic Party.

3. 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 is against slavery but owns them because he feels pressure to do so.
(c) He believes in human dignity and freedom, as long as it does not conflict with his own wealth and comfort.
(d) He enjoys an easier life by owning slaves, therefore he is pro-slavery.

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

5. What have several historians pointed out does not exist between a master and a slave?
(a) Fear.
(b) Consensual sex.
(c) Racism.
(d) A hierarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanied Jefferson to France?

2. What is the cause of friction for Jefferson?

3. What is presentism?

4. Who does Jefferson sometimes revile as a drunkard and sometimes as a wise, just ruler?

5. What does Abigail Adams provide Jefferson from London?

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