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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have several historians pointed out does not exist between a master and a slave?
(a) Consensual sex.
(b) A hierarchy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Racism.

2. What is presentism?
(a) The obsession with requiring gifts and other presents.
(b) Not believing that events in the past have taken place; being completely focused on present-day issues and topics.
(c) To present false information about an issue or historical period.
(d) The tendency to apply current social and ethical standard to the behavior of past eras.

3. Why does the audience not ask questions regarding Jefferson's slave ownership and relationship with Sally Hemings?
(a) They are too timid.
(b) They are unsure whether it is appropriate to discuss these issues.
(c) They are too well-mannered.
(d) They are too embarrassed.

4. How famous is Jefferson at the time he becomes an ambassador in France?
(a) He is unknown in France.
(b) His fame has decreased.
(c) His fame has stayed the same.
(d) His fame has increased.

5. Regarding Sally Hemings, of what is Jefferson regularly accused?
(a) Having an affair with her after his wife's death and fathering several of her seven children.
(b) Not providing for her.
(c) Selling her into slavery.
(d) Being her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What governmental position does Alexander Hamilton hold?

2. How much does Jefferson believe the war will cost?

3. Jefferson's nail-making laborer's are compared to what author's characters?

4. With whom does Jefferson exchange a series of passionate love letters?

5. Why is little known about Jefferson's early history?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might the author be surprised by the number of people who attend the evening devoted to Jefferson?

2. To what does the author compare the sexual services required of slaves?

3. Where is the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings a topic?

4. Why does Martha force Jefferson to promise to never remarry?

5. What are two central features of Jefferson's personality?

6. Why might, by the standards of Jefferson's day, having an affair with a slave and fathering children by her be considered unethical?

7. Why does Jefferson hate Alexander Hamilton so much?

8. What is known about Jefferson prior to his becoming a political figure?

9. How is the relationship between Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson?

10. What is the author's opinion about Bill Clinton's behavior with Monica Lewinsky?

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