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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issue does Ellis dismiss as "slanderous assaults?"
(a) the Declaration of Independence issue.
(b) The Constitution issue.
(c) The slavery issue.
(d) The Sally Hemings issue.

2. Who is probably the most beloved and admired of American presidents?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) George Washington.

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

4. How would Jefferson have gone through life, if his pamphlet had not been published?
(a) Unnoticed.
(b) As a Virginia politician.
(c) An American ambassador.
(d) As a well-known lawyer.

5. Who is raising Maria, known as Polly, Jefferson?
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) John Wales.
(c) Slaves in Virginia.
(d) John Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claims this president?

2. What does the author find surprising about an evening devoted to Jefferson in 1993?

3. Why do many men of Jefferson's time refuse to own slaves?

4. What promise does Martha extract from Jefferson?

5. What do both Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover claim about Jefferson?

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