View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What test proves that Ellis's belief that a dalliance is completely out of character for Jefferson is incorrect?
(a) A drug test.
(b) A DRA test.
(c) A Regence test.
(d) A DNA test.

4. Who does Jefferson refer to his slaves?
(a) As the bane of his existence.
(b) As his "extended family."
(c) As his property.
(d) As members of society.

5. Who claims this president?
(a) His wife, Martha Wales.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Liberals and conservatives.

6. What is Jefferson's most successful financial enterprise?
(a) Growing tobacco.
(b) Nail making.
(c) Growing wheat.
(d) Making wagon wheels.

7. What two decisions shape Jefferson's entire life?
(a) To build a house and run for the House of Burgesses.
(b) His marriage to Martha and the birth of his three daughters.
(c) His marriage to Martha and his move to Philadelphia.
(d) The writing of his pamphlets and his time as governor of Virginia.

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

9. To what is Jefferson compared at an elaborate dinner party?
(a) A non-English-speaking guest.
(b) A mime.
(c) A court jester.
(d) A criminal.

10. Who does Patsy confess to loving more than her husband?
(a) Her nanny.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

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

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

13. On what are several of Jefferson's arguments based?
(a) The history of monarchies.
(b) Untruths.
(c) Historical facts.
(d) Truths.

14. What is the end result of this planting?
(a) A successful harvest.
(b) The purchasing of more slaves to harvest the crop.
(c) Failure.
(d) Plentiful fields.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How would one describe Jefferson's lifestyle?

2. Who is deeply in debt?

3. How many children do Patsy and her husband have?

4. How are Jefferson's actions towards slavery and his views of slavery contradictory?

5. To what does Jefferson have a propensity?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 522 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample