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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do many men of Jefferson's time refuse to own slaves?
(a) They believe slaves spread disease.
(b) On moral grounds.
(c) They believe in complete segregation.
(d) They abhore those that are not white.

2. How are Jefferson's actions towards slavery and his views of slavery contradictory?
(a) He promotes slavery and owns slaves.
(b) He believes slavery is immoral, yet he owns slaves.
(c) He believes that slavery is an acceptable practice, yet he does not own slaves.
(d) He abhors slavery, and he does not own slaves.

3. To what does Jefferson have a propensity?
(a) To compromise on certain issues.
(b) To present questions as dichotomies between good and evil.
(c) To present questions according to God's love.
(d) To understand that people have varying beliefs and not every issue is either black or white.

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

5. What does Jefferson argue should be eliminated from the Constitution of the new nation?
(a) Freedom of the press.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Women's rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is probably the most beloved and admired of American presidents?

2. Who claims this president?

3. What does Ellis call flexibility and others might call hypocrisy?

4. How does Jefferson arrive in Paris?

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

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