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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is having an affair and fathering children with a slave viewed by people of Jefferson's day?
(a) Not unusual.
(b) Normal.
(c) Unethical.
(d) Unimportant.

2. Of what has Jefferson either never learned the technique or accepted the necessity?
(a) Compromise.
(b) Arguing his cause.
(c) Childrearing.
(d) Debate.

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

4. What is Jefferson's refuge from troubled times?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) The Continental Congress.
(c) Monticello.
(d) Richmond, Virginia.

5. How long did Jeffersonians rule the nation?
(a) The first fourteen years of the 19th century.
(b) The first four years of the 19th century.
(c) The first thirty-four years of the 19th century.
(d) The first twenty-four years of the 19th century.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Jefferson have a propensity?

3. Who is raising Maria, known as Polly, Jefferson?

4. How long is Jefferson Governor of Virginia?

5. When he is elected president, what does George Washington offer Jefferson?

(see the answer key)

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