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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Thomas Payne began as a revolutionary hero. What has he become in just a few years?
(a) An obnoxious alcoholic.
(b) He is a hermit.
(c) He is a pastor.
(d) He is more popular and loved than ever.

3. Why does Napoleon enter into negotiations to sell what is called the Louisiana Purchase?
(a) He fears the U.S.
(b) He does not like the North American soil.
(c) He is friends with Jefferson.
(d) He needs cash to fund European wars.

4. What lasts the remainder of Jefferson's and Adams' lives?
(a) Their hatred for one another.
(b) The marriage of their children to one another.
(c) Their terms in office.
(d) Their exchange of letters.

5. After the passing years, what do Jefferson and Adams begin to do?
(a) Agree on polical issues.
(b) Communicate civilly again.
(c) Argue again.
(d) Forget about one another.

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

7. What speeches does Jefferson make during his time as president?
(a) Ten speeches throughout his second term in office.
(b) His one inagural address.
(c) Many speeches throughout his presidency.
(d) His two inaugural addresses.

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

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

10. Of what are these two acutely aware?
(a) Their disagreements.
(b) Their roles in history.
(c) Their old age.
(d) Their close friendship.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson say to Elizabeth Walker's husband?

2. As what is Sally Hemings known?

3. What company precedes him to the Capitol?

4. What is ironic about the enforcement of the separation of church and state?

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

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