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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Jefferson owe $10,000 his first year as president?
(a) His daughter's school tuition.
(b) Carriages.
(c) Wine.
(d) Decorations.

2. Of what descent is Hamilton?
(a) Irish.
(b) German.
(c) Scottish.
(d) French.

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

4. Besides slaves, what else does Jefferson inherit from his father-in-law's estate?
(a) Animals.
(b) Land.
(c) A house.
(d) Debt.

5. Of what change in the U.S. would Jefferson disapprove?
(a) The fight for family farms.
(b) The abolition of slavery.
(c) The erosion of states' rights.
(d) Efforts to protect the environment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the end result of this planting?

2. Who does Jefferson sometimes revile as a drunkard and sometimes as a wise, just ruler?

3. What issue does Ellis dismiss as "slanderous assaults?"

4. Of what is the pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America" a first draft?

5. Of what are these two acutely aware?

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