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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does this erosion take place?
(a) During the Vietnam War.
(b) During the Gulf War.
(c) During the Cold War.
(d) During the Civil War.

2. What does Jefferson decide to plant in the place of tobacco?
(a) Corn.
(b) Soybeans.
(c) Flax.
(d) Wheat.

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

4. How does Jefferson arrive in Paris?
(a) In an elaborate, handcrafted, phaeton that is fancier than the one that conveyed him to Philadelphia.
(b) In a parade.
(c) Secretly in the night.
(d) In a simple two-wheeled carriage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What small parade precedes him to the Capitol?

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

3. What are John Adam's final words?

4. What does everyone expect of President Thomas Jefferson?

5. Of what is Jefferson the symbol?

(see the answer key)

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