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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. Who is Jefferson's vice president?
(a) James Madison.
(b) James Monroe.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Aaron Burr.

2. What does Jefferson do regarding miscegenation?
(a) He passes a law to preserve it.
(b) He repeatedly speaks out about its evils.
(c) He encourages it.
(d) He practices miscegenation.

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

4. What does Jefferson believe the vastness of the western territories would do to slavery?
(a) Embrace it.
(b) Dissipate it.
(c) Have nothing to do with slavery.
(d) Encourage it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson lead?

2. How do Jefferson's views on slavery continue to be?

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

4. What changes would Jefferson wholeheartedly approve?

5. What happens between France and England in 1803?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Jefferson's approval of the separation of church and state?

2. How is Jefferson's public speaking as president?

3. Why might it be possible that this affair took place?

4. How are Jefferson's views of slavery at this point in his life?

5. Why does Jefferson retreat to Poplar Forest?

6. Why is Jefferson accused, inaccurately, of being an atheist?

7. What do historians verify in the 1950s?

8. What is the most enduring scandal of Jefferson's life?

9. How does Jefferson spend his retirement?

10. How does Ellis feel about the accusations that Jefferson has an illicit affair with his slave, Sally Hemings?

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