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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jefferson study in college?
(a) Interpersonal Communications.
(b) Business.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Law.

2. What is the nickname Ellis gives for Sally Hemings?
(a) White Sally.
(b) Sally Forth.
(c) Silly Sally.
(d) Black Sal.

3. What illustrates two central features of Jefferson's personality?
(a) His relationship with his children.
(b) The amended version of the "Declaration of Independence."
(c) His friendships with John Adams and Ben Franklin.
(d) The address called the "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms."

4. How long is Jefferson Governor of Virginia?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Three years.

5. With what does Jefferson's election coincide?
(a) The War of 1812.
(b) A new sense of nationalism in the U.S.
(c) A new sense of isolationism in the U.S.
(d) The death of Benjamin Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson expect his slave to learn while in France?

2. For how much does Napoleon sell the land?

3. How does Jefferson come to be a minor celebrity?

4. What does Abigail Adams provide Jefferson from London?

5. Besides slaves, what else does Jefferson inherit from his father-in-law's estate?

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