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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is raising Maria, known as Polly, Jefferson?
(a) John Wales.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Slaves in Virginia.
(d) Ben Franklin.

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

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

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

5. How long does Jefferson believe the war will last?
(a) About six months.
(b) About three months.
(c) About four years.
(d) About one year.

6. How would one describe Jefferson's lifestyle?
(a) Meager.
(b) Lavish.
(c) Austere.
(d) Humble.

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

8. Who does Polly marry?
(a) John Wales Eppes.
(b) Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.
(c) Thomas Payne.
(d) John Smith.

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

10. 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.

11. Jefferson's nail-making laborer's are compared to what author's characters?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Charles Manson.
(c) Jane Seymour.
(d) Charles Dickens.

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

13. 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 Regence test.
(c) A DNA test.
(d) A DRA test.

14. What happens to Martha Wales Jefferson several months after the birth of their daughter Lucy Elizabeth?
(a) She becomes pregnant with their fourth child.
(b) She tells Jefferson she is not having anymore of his children.
(c) She becomes ill but recovers.
(d) She dies.

15. 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 Secretary of State.
(d) The position of Vice President.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Jefferson refer to his slaves?

3. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?

4. Besides slaves, what else does Jefferson inherit from his father-in-law's estate?

5. Who does Patsy marry?

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