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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Jefferson's views on slavery continue to be?
(a) Complex.
(b) Simple.
(c) Humane.
(d) Kind.

3. Regarding Sally Hemings, of what is Jefferson regularly accused?
(a) Having an affair with her after his wife's death and fathering several of her seven children.
(b) Not providing for her.
(c) Being her father.
(d) Selling her into slavery.

4. Who does Patsy confess to loving more than her husband?
(a) Her nanny.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

5. What test proves that Ellis's belief that a dalliance is completely out of character for Jefferson is incorrect?
(a) A DNA test.
(b) A drug test.
(c) A Regence test.
(d) A DRA test.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what party does Jefferson become the leader in just a few years?

2. What does Jefferson do with the 1,000 letters he receives each year?

3. What is the reason the author gives for the contradiction between Jefferson's opinion of slavery and his owning of slaves?

4. How long does Jefferson believe the war will last?

5. For what does Jefferson owe $10,000 his first year as president?

(see the answer key)

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