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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Jeffersonians rule the nation?
(a) The first thirty-four years of the 19th century.
(b) The first twenty-four years of the 19th century.
(c) The first four years of the 19th century.
(d) The first fourteen years of the 19th century.

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

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

4. When he is elected president, what does George Washington offer Jefferson?
(a) The position of Secretary of Homeland Security.
(b) The position of Vice President.
(c) The position of Secretary of the Interior.
(d) The position of Secretary of State.

5. What governmental position does Alexander Hamilton hold?
(a) Secretary of the Interior.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Secretary of the Treasury.
(d) Surgeon General.

6. Like many Virginia aristocrats, what does Jefferson equate to land?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Struggle.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Growth.

7. For what are Betty Hemings' grandchildren mistaken?
(a) Caucasians.
(b) Jefferson's children.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Hispanic.

8. What does Ellis call flexibility and others might call hypocrisy?
(a) His relationship with women other than his wife.
(b) His opinion on slavery.
(c) Jefferson's dexterity to tailor his writings for a specific audience.
(d) His relationship with King George III.

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

10. How many slaves does Jefferson own at this point in his life?
(a) Between 50 and 100.
(b) Between 5 and 10.
(c) Between 100 and 200.
(d) Between 10 and 20.

11. How famous is Jefferson at the time he becomes an ambassador in France?
(a) His fame has decreased.
(b) His fame has increased.
(c) He is unknown in France.
(d) His fame has stayed the same.

12. Where does Jefferson attend college?
(a) At Oberlin College.
(b) At the College of Wiliam and Mary.
(c) At the University of Virginia.
(d) At New York University.

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

14. Why do many men of Jefferson's time refuse to own slaves?
(a) They believe slaves spread disease.
(b) They abhore those that are not white.
(c) They believe in complete segregation.
(d) On moral grounds.

15. Of what is the pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America" a first draft?
(a) Declaration of Treachery by King George III.
(b) Constitution for the Freedom of Colonial America.
(c) Declaration of Independence.
(d) Articles of the Confederation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jefferson arrive in Paris?

2. What family is allowed to live at Mulberry Row?

3. On what are several of Jefferson's arguments based?

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

5. What does Jefferson expect his slave to learn while in France?

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