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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 Aaron Burr?
(a) A powerful speaker.
(b) A lovable, friendly man.
(c) Jefferson's Secretary of State.
(d) An ambitious political schemer.

2. Of what is Jefferson the symbol?
(a) Revolutionary fervor and America's premier idealist.
(b) Dichotomies and stubbornness.
(c) The anti-slavery movement.
(d) Fatherly love and loyalty.

3. What is remarkable about the transfer of power from one president to the next?
(a) That it happens at all.
(b) That it happens so quietly.
(c) That it happens to violently.
(d) That it happens so quickly.

4. By whom does Jefferson subsidize libelous accusations against Adams?
(a) Elizabeth Walker.
(b) James Callender.
(c) Ben Franklin.
(d) James Monroe.

5. What does Jefferson say to Elizabeth Walker's husband?
(a) He secretly apologizes.
(b) He publicly apologizes.
(c) He does not apologize for actions that he believe to be acceptable.
(d) He says he is innocent and never made advances towards Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson believe the vastness of the western territories would do to slavery?

2. Of what change in the U.S. would Jefferson disapprove?

3. What does Jefferson think about the white race?

4. How would Jefferson feel about increased military might?

5. When is there an increase in U.S. military might?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do historians verify in the 1950s?

3. What happens between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton?

4. Why does Jefferson retreat to Poplar Forest?

5. What role does James Callender play in this scandal?

6. What is remarkable about the deaths of Jefferson and Adams?

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

8. Why does Ellis believe this affair is out of Jefferson's character?

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

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

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