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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Politicians have long been subjected to what type of rumors?
(a) Rumors of financial scandal.
(b) Rumors of abuse scandal.
(c) Rumors of political scandal.
(d) Rumors of sexual scandal.

2. Of what is Jefferson the founder?
(a) The University of Miami.
(b) The University of the District of Columbia.
(c) The College of William and Mary.
(d) The University of Virginia.

3. Even as he voices inspiring words uniting republicans and federalists in his first inaugural address, what does he say in personal letters to friends?
(a) He vows to start his own party, the Democrats.
(b) He vows to eradicate the Republicans.
(c) He vows to eradicate the Federalists.
(d) He vows to eradicate all parties.

4. How would Jefferson feel about increased military might?
(a) He has no opinion about it.
(b) He approves of it.
(c) He would disapprove of it.
(d) He would feel that our country is safer.

5. What closes all ports in the U.S. to trade and is an economically crippling move?
(a) An attack by the French.
(b) The Embargo Act.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) An attack by the British.

6. How are John Adam's last words factually incorrect?
(a) The Founding Fathers have all died.
(b) Jefferson dies about five hours after Adams.
(c) Jefferson dies about five hours earlier than Adams.
(d) There is still one Founding Father alive.

7. What does Jefferson think about the white race?
(a) It reigns supreme.
(b) It is an arrogant race.
(c) It is equal to all races.
(d) It is not a race.

8. When is there an increase in U.S. military might?
(a) During the Cold War.
(b) During the Vietnam War.
(c) During the Gulf War.
(d) During the Civil War.

9. For what does Jefferson owe $10,000 his first year as president?
(a) Decorations.
(b) Wine.
(c) Carriages.
(d) His daughter's school tuition.

10. For how much does Napoleon sell the land?
(a) Three cents per acre.
(b) One dollar per acre.
(c) One cent per acre.
(d) Three dollars per acre.

11. What does Ellis believe about the relationship of Jefferson and Sally after the story becomes so public?
(a) It becomes stronger after the allegations become public.
(b) There is never a relationship, so nothing changes about their relationship as slave owner and slave.
(c) If there had been an affair, he would have ended after it became public knowledge.
(d) It continues, because he is the father of her last two children.

12. Who reports the information about Elizabeth Walker with accuracy?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) James Callender.
(d) James Madison.

13. How do Jefferson's views on slavery continue to be?
(a) Complex.
(b) Humane.
(c) Kind.
(d) Simple.

14. What are John Adam's final words?
(a) "The Founding Fathers live."
(b) "Thomas Jefferson lives."
(c) "The Founding Fathers are no more."
(d) "Thomas Jefferson is no more."

15. What did Jefferson never mean for his writings to do?
(a) To encourage the abolition of slavery.
(b) They have been used to justify racial equality.
(c) To encourage illicit affairs.
(d) To justify wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens between France and England in 1803?

2. What legacy of Jefferson's lives on?

3. When do historians discover Jefferson is at Monticello with Sally nine months before she gives birth to each of her children?

4. How does Ellis describe Jefferson regarding his sexual energy?

5. In what tradition does Jefferson regard all political power as inherently corrupting?

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