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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What promise does Martha extract from Jefferson?
(a) A deathbed promise to not remarry.
(b) To end his affair with Sally.
(c) To go back to Philadelphia to be a member of the Continental Congress.
(d) To send his children to expensive boarding schools.

2. When it comes to Jefferson's writing, what does he not like?
(a) To be edited.
(b) To write political pamphlets.
(c) To have his work accepted.
(d) To write persuasively.

3. What did Jefferson never mean for his writings to do?
(a) To justify wars.
(b) To encourage the abolition of slavery.
(c) To encourage illicit affairs.
(d) They have been used to justify racial equality.

4. What does Jefferson become, very publicly, while an ambassador in France?
(a) A Francophile.
(b) A hypocrite.
(c) A Christian.
(d) A Democrat.

5. How are John Adam's last words factually incorrect?
(a) Jefferson dies about five hours after Adams.
(b) There is still one Founding Father alive.
(c) The Founding Fathers have all died.
(d) Jefferson dies about five hours earlier than Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson owe English and Scottish firms?

2. What is expected of politicians of Jefferson's day?

3. What is the cause of friction for Jefferson?

4. Who claims this president?

5. Who is deeply in debt?

(see the answer key)

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