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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 Sally Hemings?
(a) A slave Jefferson sets free in his will.
(b) A slave that works in the fields at Monticello.
(c) A quadroon slave.
(d) Jefferson's second wife.

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

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

4. Who reports the information about Elizabeth Walker with accuracy?
(a) John Adams.
(b) James Callender.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) James Madison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As president, from what does Jefferson suffer?

2. Who is Madison Hemings?

3. How many slaves does Jefferson free in his will?

4. What do today's scholars know about this time in Jefferson's life?

5. Who points out "The true Jeffersonian legacy is to be hostile to legacies?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Why will scholars still be arguing about Jefferson's legacies well into the 22nd century?

2. Why does Jefferson retreat to Poplar Forest?

3. What do historians verify in the 1950s?

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

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

6. What happens between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton?

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

8. Why does Jefferson make the Louisiana Purchase?

9. How does Jefferson's arrival in Washington, D.C., differ from his arrivals in Philadelphia and Paris?

10. How does Jefferson spend his retirement?

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