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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issue does Ellis dismiss as "slanderous assaults?"
(a) The Sally Hemings issue.
(b) The Constitution issue.
(c) The slavery issue.
(d) the Declaration of Independence issue.

2. How are Jefferson's actions towards slavery and his views of slavery contradictory?
(a) He believes that slavery is an acceptable practice, yet he does not own slaves.
(b) He promotes slavery and owns slaves.
(c) He abhors slavery, and he does not own slaves.
(d) He believes slavery is immoral, yet he owns slaves.

3. How does Ellis feel about presentism?
(a) He is unsure about his stand on it.
(b) He suffers from it.
(c) He argues against it.
(d) He agrees with it.

4. What do many slave owners require of their slaves?
(a) Sexual services.
(b) Disobedience.
(c) Tutoring.
(d) An education.

5. What is a key facet of Jefferson's personality?
(a) His lifelong avoidance of conflict.
(b) His abhorence of slavery.
(c) His sense of humor.
(d) His fatherly love.

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

7. Who is probably the most beloved and admired of American presidents?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) George Bush.
(d) George Washington.

8. How much does Jefferson believe the war will cost?
(a) $3 million.
(b) $6 million.
(c) $6 billion.
(d) $3 billion.

9. When does Polly die?
(a) While she is in France.
(b) In old age.
(c) In childbirth.
(d) As a small child.

10. To what does Jefferson have a propensity?
(a) To compromise on certain issues.
(b) To understand that people have varying beliefs and not every issue is either black or white.
(c) To present questions according to God's love.
(d) To present questions as dichotomies between good and evil.

11. What is Jefferson's attitude towards slavery?
(a) Inconsistent and inexplicable.
(b) He is completely against slavery.
(c) Slavery is needed to have a successful society.
(d) It is acceptable in certain situations.

12. What does Jefferson idealize?
(a) Nature.
(b) The King of England.
(c) Humanity.
(d) France.

13. Of what does Ellis feel it is unfair to accuse a man of Jefferson's time regarding women?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Nudity.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Family.

14. Who does Patsy marry?
(a) William Randolph Hearst.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.
(d) Thomas Payne.

15. What does Abigail Adams encourage Jefferson to do, regarding his daughter Maria?
(a) To let Abigail take her to England.
(b) To keep her in Virginia.
(c) To bring her to France.
(d) To put her in a boarding school in France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do many men of Jefferson's time refuse to own slaves?

2. How does Jefferson feel about spirited debates?

3. What have several historians pointed out does not exist between a master and a slave?

4. What affect does Jefferson's term as Governor of Virginia have on the state?

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

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