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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. After the passing years, what do Jefferson and Adams begin to do?
(a) Forget about one another.
(b) Agree on polical issues.
(c) Argue again.
(d) Communicate civilly again.

2. What does Jefferson announce, almost immediately, after the Embargo Act is passed?
(a) He will run for another term in office.
(b) He is canceling the Embarg Act.
(c) He would not seek another term in office.
(d) He is getting remarried.

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

4. How would Jefferson feel about urbanization?
(a) He would disapprove of it.
(b) He would want to live in our urban society.
(c) He would approve of it.
(d) He would have no opinion about it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What small parade precedes him to the Capitol?

3. How does Jefferson believe emancipation would work?

4. Where is Jefferson the most popular historical figure?

5. What legacy of Jefferson's lives on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Jefferson spend his retirement?

6. What does Jefferson want to eliminate as president?

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

8. How is Jefferson's public speaking as president?

9. How are Jefferson's views of slavery at this point in his life?

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

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