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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Aaron Burr?
(a) A lovable, friendly man.
(b) Jefferson's Secretary of State.
(c) An ambitious political schemer.
(d) A powerful speaker.

2. What makes American ships easy prey?
(a) They are in a harbor far out at sea.
(b) They are not as technologically-advanced as other country's ships.
(c) The sailors are poorly trained.
(d) Jefferson all but eliminates the U.S. Navy.

3. 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 the Virginia legislature to allow him to conduct a public lottery.
(d) He asks his neighbors to donate money to pay his debts.

4. In what tradition does Jefferson regard all political power as inherently corrupting?
(a) The Republican tradition.
(b) The Federalist tradition.
(c) The Christian tradition.
(d) The Whig tradition.

5. What coincides with the start of Jefferson's supposed affair with Sally?
(a) His gain of the presidency.
(b) His move to Paris.
(c) The birth of his last daughter.
(d) His withdrawal from a leadership position in the antislavery movement.

6. Who does Jefferson tell his daughter Martha is the father of Sally's children?
(a) Aaron Burr.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) His father-in-law, John Wales.
(d) His nephew, Peter Carr.

7. What does Jefferson announce, almost immediately, after the Embargo Act is passed?
(a) He will run for another term in office.
(b) He is getting remarried.
(c) He is canceling the Embarg Act.
(d) He would not seek another term in office.

8. Where does Jefferson retreat to several times per year?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Poplar Forest.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Monticello.

9. What does Jefferson lead?
(a) The military.
(b) The voice of dissent against the establishment.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The U.S. to victory.

10. 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 eradicate all parties.
(b) He vows to start his own party, the Democrats.
(c) He vows to eradicate the Republicans.
(d) He vows to eradicate the Federalists.

11. What happens between France and England in 1803?
(a) They want to purchase land from Jefferson.
(b) They renew their friendship.
(c) They renew hostilities.
(d) They decide to go to war with the U.S.

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

13. By whom does Jefferson subsidize libelous accusations against Adams?
(a) James Callender.
(b) Elizabeth Walker.
(c) Ben Franklin.
(d) James Monroe.

14. What changes would Jefferson wholeheartedly approve?
(a) The abolition of slavery.
(b) African Americans in positions of power.
(c) The Industrial Revolution.
(d) The technological advances.

15. With what does Jefferson's election coincide?
(a) The War of 1812.
(b) The death of Benjamin Franklin.
(c) A new sense of isolationism in the U.S.
(d) A new sense of nationalism in the U.S.

Short Answer Questions

1. What closes all ports in the U.S. to trade and is an economically crippling move?

2. Who reports the information about Elizabeth Walker with accuracy?

3. Of what are these two acutely aware?

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

5. What does Jefferson believe creates wars, rather than prevents them?

(see the answer keys)

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