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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. What is Jefferson's last attempt to save Monticello for his daughter and her children?
(a) He sells all of his slaves.
(b) He asks his neighbors to donate money to pay his debts.
(c) He does not try to save Monticello.
(d) He asks the Virginia legislature to allow him to conduct a public lottery.

2. What has been recognized by the "American Institute of Architects as 'the proudest achievement of American architecture in the past 200 years?'"
(a) The University of Virginia.
(b) The College of William and Mary.
(c) Monticello.
(d) Poplar Forest.

3. What does Jefferson believe creates wars, rather than prevents them?
(a) Armies and navies.
(b) The civilians of a country.
(c) Guns and other weaponry.
(d) The government.

4. Why does Napoleon enter into negotiations to sell what is called the Louisiana Purchase?
(a) He fears the U.S.
(b) He needs cash to fund European wars.
(c) He is friends with Jefferson.
(d) He does not like the North American soil.

5. Who are the last surviving Founding Fathers?
(a) Jefferson and Franklin.
(b) Hamilton and Burr.
(c) Madison and Monroe.
(d) Jefferson and Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What small parade precedes him to the Capitol?

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

3. Who prints scurrilous, vengeful allegations against Jefferson?

4. What does Ellis believe about the relationship of Jefferson and Sally after the story becomes so public?

5. What is remarkable about the transfer of power from one president to the next?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Jefferson spend his retirement?

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

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

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

9. What happens between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton?

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

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