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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Patsy marry?
(a) Thomas Payne.
(b) Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.
(c) William Randolph Hearst.
(d) Charles Darwin.
2. What does Jefferson idealize?
(a) Humanity.
(b) The King of England.
(c) France.
(d) Nature.
3. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?
(a) He arrives by horseback, as do most people at this time.
(b) He arrives secretly in the night, due to the high security risk.
(c) He arrives in an opulent carriage with three slaves outfitted in elaborate costumes.
(d) He arrives excited and ready to lead the nation.
4. What is the nickname Ellis gives for Sally Hemings?
(a) Black Sal.
(b) Sally Forth.
(c) White Sally.
(d) Silly Sally.
5. What is expected of politicians of Jefferson's day?
(a) To live in Washington, D.C.
(b) To represent the best that mankind has to offer.
(c) To be fallible humans like the rest of mankind.
(d) To do what the people want.
6. Who does Polly marry?
(a) John Wales Eppes.
(b) John Smith.
(c) Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.
(d) Thomas Payne.
7. How long did Jeffersonians rule the nation?
(a) The first twenty-four years of the 19th century.
(b) The first four years of the 19th century.
(c) The first thirty-four years of the 19th century.
(d) The first fourteen years of the 19th century.
8. Regarding Sally Hemings, of what is Jefferson regularly accused?
(a) Not providing for her.
(b) Having an affair with her after his wife's death and fathering several of her seven children.
(c) Selling her into slavery.
(d) Being her father.
9. How much does Jefferson believe the war will cost?
(a) $6 million.
(b) $6 billion.
(c) $3 billion.
(d) $3 million.
10. Besides slaves, what else does Jefferson inherit from his father-in-law's estate?
(a) Animals.
(b) Debt.
(c) Land.
(d) A house.
11. How would one describe Jefferson's lifestyle?
(a) Lavish.
(b) Humble.
(c) Austere.
(d) Meager.
12. What does Jefferson owe English and Scottish firms?
(a) A pamphlet to advertise their firms.
(b) 6,500 pounds.
(c) An apology.
(d) A legal agreement.
13. What does Abigail Adams provide Jefferson from London?
(a) Parenting advice.
(b) A connection with Parliament.
(c) A connection to King George III.
(d) Intimate female companionship.
14. What does Jefferson study in college?
(a) Law.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Interpersonal Communications.
(d) Business.
15. What promise does Martha extract from Jefferson?
(a) To send his children to expensive boarding schools.
(b) To end his affair with Sally.
(c) A deathbed promise to not remarry.
(d) To go back to Philadelphia to be a member of the Continental Congress.
Short Answer Questions
1. Like many Virginia aristocrats, what does Jefferson equate to land?
2. Why is little known about Jefferson's early history?
3. What is Jefferson's most successful financial enterprise?
4. What is the end result of this planting?
5. What is the cause of friction for Jefferson?
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