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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jefferson come to be a minor celebrity?
(a) His pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America."
(b) As governor of the state of Virginia.
(c) His ambassador position in France.
(d) His writing of the Declaration of Independence.

2. What is Jefferson's most successful financial enterprise?
(a) Growing tobacco.
(b) Growing wheat.
(c) Nail making.
(d) Making wagon wheels.

3. Who claims this president?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Democrats.
(c) His wife, Martha Wales.
(d) Liberals and conservatives.

4. Who does Jefferson sometimes revile as a drunkard and sometimes as a wise, just ruler?
(a) Mary, Queen of Scots.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) King George III.
(d) King Louis XVI.

5. How much does Jefferson believe the war will cost?
(a) $3 billion.
(b) $6 billion.
(c) $3 million.
(d) $6 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What closes all ports in the U.S. to trade and is an economically crippling move?

2. What does Jefferson owe English and Scottish firms?

3. What does Jefferson decide to plant in the place of tobacco?

4. Why does the audience not ask questions regarding Jefferson's slave ownership and relationship with Sally Hemings?

5. Who does Polly marry?

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