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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jefferson the most popular historical figure?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) On the internet.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. What is Jefferson's last attempt to save Monticello for his daughter and her children?
(a) He does not try to save Monticello.
(b) He sells all of his slaves.
(c) He asks his neighbors to donate money to pay his debts.
(d) He asks the Virginia legislature to allow him to conduct a public lottery.

3. About what will scholars still be arguing well into the 22nd century?
(a) Jefferson's debt.
(b) Jefferson's legacies.
(c) Jefferson's children.
(d) Jefferson's friendship with Adams.

4. What does Jefferson do with the 1,000 letters he receives each year?
(a) He writes lengthy, painstaking responses to each one.
(b) He writes short responses to a select few.
(c) He returns them.
(d) He burns them.

5. Who is Elizabeth Walker?
(a) A woman that Jefferson makes improper adavances to when he is a young, unmarried man.
(b) A woman with whom Alexander Hamilton has an illicit affair.
(c) Sally Hemings' sister.
(d) Jefferson's youngest daughter.

6. 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.

7. When does Jefferson permanently retire to Monticello?
(a) 1809.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1829.

8. Who constantly attends Jefferson at Monticello?
(a) His daughter Maria.
(b) No one, for he is alone.
(c) His black slave Sally Hemings.
(d) His black slave Burwell.

9. 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 justify wars.
(d) To encourage illicit affairs.

10. Jefferson is a follower of Jesus but for what does he not have respect?
(a) Most organized religions.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Jews.

11. Why does the wife of a British minister refer to his administration as "barbaric?"
(a) The woman is not allowed in Jefferson's home.
(b) They are rude and direspectful.
(c) He eschews all protocol in seating during the dinner parties he hosts.
(d) They openly discuss their illicit affairs.

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

13. 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."

14. How does Ellis describe Jefferson regarding his sexual energy?
(a) He says he is "very shy."
(b) He says he is "extremely masculine."
(c) He says he is "almost uncomfortable."
(d) He says he is "almost feminine."

15. Why could those listening to his first address not understand him?
(a) The crowd is cheering too loudly.
(b) He has a cold and loses his voice.
(c) He mumbles so badly.
(d) They are too far away from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pattern do his days at Monticello follow?

2. How is Jefferson's arrival in Washington, D.C?

3. What is one of Jefferson's primary goals?

4. Who points out "The true Jeffersonian legacy is to be hostile to legacies?"

5. Of what change in the U.S. would Jefferson disapprove?

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