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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jefferson know about some of the revisionist history he writes?
(a) It is just.
(b) It is true.
(c) It is false.
(d) It is inaccurate.

2. What family is allowed to live at Mulberry Row?
(a) His entire slave family.
(b) Jefferson's family.
(c) Those family members with dark skin.
(d) The Hemings family.

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

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

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

6. Like many Virginia aristocrats, what does Jefferson equate to land?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Growth.
(d) Struggle.

7. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?
(a) He arrives excited and ready to lead the nation.
(b) He arrives in an opulent carriage with three slaves outfitted in elaborate costumes.
(c) He arrives by horseback, as do most people at this time.
(d) He arrives secretly in the night, due to the high security risk.

8. What is the cause of friction for Jefferson?
(a) His political career.
(b) His marriage to Martha.
(c) His stint as governor.
(d) His relationship with Sally Hemings.

9. 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.

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

11. Why is little known about Jefferson's early history?
(a) No records are kept of his early life.
(b) His early life is fairly inconsequential.
(c) All records are destroyed in a fire in Shadwell, Virginia.
(d) He has his records destroyed to protect his family.

12. What serve as the most enduring record of Jefferson's life?
(a) The letters Jefferson and Madison exchange.
(b) The laws he passes as Governor of Virginia.
(c) His pamphlets.
(d) The letter Jefferson and Abigail Adams exchange.

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

14. 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.

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. What issue does Ellis dismiss as "slanderous assaults?"

2. What two decisions shape Jefferson's entire life?

3. How are Jefferson's political beliefs during those revolutionary times?

4. How does Jefferson react to the invasion by Benedict Arnold's troops?

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

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