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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. When is there an increase in U.S. military might?
(a) During the Cold War.
(b) During the Vietnam War.
(c) During the Gulf War.
(d) During the Civil War.

2. When does Jefferson permanently retire to Monticello?
(a) 1829.
(b) 1809.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1909.

3. Besides it being obvious that several of Sally Hemings' children have a white father, what makes it even more possible that they are Jefferson's?
(a) Several of her children have features resembling Jefferson's.
(b) They are born in the Monticello house.
(c) Several of the children call Jefferson "father."
(d) The children resemble Jefferson's daughters.

4. What pattern do his days at Monticello follow?
(a) He sits, relaxes, and thinks about his life.
(b) He spends his days in the fields watching over his slaves.
(c) The prdictable pattern of an aristocratic gentleman.
(d) They are very unpredictable.

5. Soon after retiring to Monticello, he outlines a tract addressing what charges?
(a) That he fled from the British invaders.
(b) That he had an affair with Sally Hemings.
(c) That he is an alcoholic.
(d) That he is an atheist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Jefferson disapprove of since his death?

2. Of what is Jefferson the symbol?

3. Who constantly attends Jefferson at Monticello?

4. Where does Jefferson retreat to several times per year?

5. Who is Elizabeth Walker?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jefferson spend his retirement?

2. What does John Adams mean by "Thomas Jefferson lives"?

3. Why does Jefferson retreat to Poplar Forest?

4. What is the reason for the lack of pomp in his arrival to the Capitol?

5. Why is Jefferson's second term in office less successful than his first?

6. What happens between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton?

7. Who are the last two surviving Founding Fathers, and how are they treated?

8. Of what aspects of our culture and government would Jefferson approve?

9. What has happened to Jefferson's and Adam' friendship?

10. How does Madison Hemings back the claim that Jefferson had an illicit affair with Sally Hemings?

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