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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With whom did Jefferson engage in vile public clashes?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Aaron Burr.
(d) James Madison.

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

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

6. How would Jefferson have gone through life, if his pamphlet had not been published?
(a) Unnoticed.
(b) An American ambassador.
(c) As a Virginia politician.
(d) As a well-known lawyer.

7. Who accompanied Jefferson to France?
(a) His three daughters.
(b) John Adams and Ben Franklin.
(c) Sally Hemings.
(d) His daughter Martha, known as Patsy, and a slave named James Hemings.

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

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

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

11. What does Jefferson expect his slave to learn while in France?
(a) How to be obedient.
(b) To become fluent in French.
(c) The fine art of French painting.
(d) The fine art of French cookery.

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

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

14. How long did Jeffersonians rule the nation?
(a) The first thirty-four years of the 19th century.
(b) The first 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellis call flexibility and others might call hypocrisy?

2. Why is Jefferson inconsolable and cries every night for six weeks?

3. To what does Jefferson have a propensity?

4. Who does Jefferson refer to his slaves?

5. For what are Betty Hemings' grandchildren mistaken?

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