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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellis say about Sally's last two children, Madison and Eston?
(a) They are not Jefferson's because they are born after Callender's allegations are published.
(b) They spread lies about Jefferson.
(c) They are the children of Peter Carr.
(d) They are Jefferson's children, just as the rest of the children are his.

2. What small parade precedes him to the Capitol?
(a) A small circus parade.
(b) A small parade of dignitaries.
(c) A small parade of civilians.
(d) A small parade of children.

3. When does this erosion take place?
(a) During the Civil War.
(b) During the Vietnam War.
(c) During the Cold War.
(d) During the Gulf War.

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

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

6. What does the previous administration rename Washington's Goose Creek?
(a) The Tiber.
(b) The Thames.
(c) The Euphrates.
(d) The Tigris.

7. How many slaves does Jefferson free in his will?
(a) Only five slaves.
(b) Only the Hemings.
(c) Only the house slaves.
(d) All of his slaves.

8. Who is Madison Hemings?
(a) Sally Hemings' sister who also lives at Monticello.
(b) Sally Hemings' son who protects Jefferson.
(c) Sally Hemings' sister who is Jefferson's daughter.
(d) Sally Hemings' son who reveals during an interview that his mother told him that Jefferson fathered all five of her children.

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

10. What does Jefferson believe creates wars, rather than prevents them?
(a) The government.
(b) Guns and other weaponry.
(c) The civilians of a country.
(d) Armies and navies.

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

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

13. What legacy of Jefferson's lives on?
(a) His legacy of idealism and revolutionary spirit.
(b) His legacy of familial love and respect.
(c) His legacy of slavery and contradictions.
(d) His legacy of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

14. What is one of Jefferson's primary goals?
(a) The elimination of the national debt.
(b) The elimination of waste.
(c) The elimination of foreigners in the U.S.
(d) The elimination of urban residences.

15. What do today's scholars know about this time in Jefferson's life?
(a) Nothing, since his records are burned in a fire.
(b) Very little.
(c) More than any other time in his life.
(d) As much as they know about the rest of his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Jefferson owe $10,000 his first year as president?

2. What does Jefferson announce, almost immediately, after the Embargo Act is passed?

3. What does Jefferson believe the vastness of the western territories would do to slavery?

4. As what is Sally Hemings known?

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

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