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

2. Who prints scurrilous, vengeful allegations against Jefferson?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) John Adams.
(c) James Callender.
(d) John Wade.

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

4. When does this erosion take place?
(a) During the Gulf War.
(b) During the Vietnam War.
(c) During the Civil War.
(d) During the Cold War.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jefferson tell his daughter Martha is the father of Sally's children?

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

3. Who is Madison Hemings?

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

5. What is miscegenation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jefferson spend his retirement?

2. Why does Jefferson make the Louisiana Purchase?

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

4. Of what aspects of our culture and government would Jefferson disapprove?

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

6. How do Jefferson and Adams begin to reconcile their friendship?

7. Although Jefferson believes that slavery should be abolished, what does he feel about the issue of equality?

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

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

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

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