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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is expected of politicians of Jefferson's day?

2. Of what is the pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America" a first draft?

3. What does Jefferson argue should be eliminated from the Constitution of the new nation?

4. What is Jefferson's refuge from troubled times?

5. What is Jefferson's most successful financial enterprise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two views of Jefferson's about King George III are incompatible?

2. What two decisions shape his entire life?

3. Where is the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings a topic?

4. What story does Jefferson glamorize to benefit himself?

5. How is the relationship between Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson?

6. Why might, by the standards of Jefferson's day, having an affair with a slave and fathering children by her be considered unethical?

7. Why might the audience have been too polite to discuss Jefferson's slave ownership and relationship with Sally Hemings?

8. What does Jefferson do with his companions once they arrive in France?

9. What do Polly and her mother have in common?

10. What do John Wales and Thomas Jefferson possibly have in common?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To Jefferson everything is black or white.

Part 1) Give examples from the text that prove this.

Part 2) Why do you believe he hates compromise?

Part 3) How does this aspect of his personality affect his life and relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Jefferson is the Governor of Virginia for two years.

Part 1) How is Virginia under Jefferson's guidance?

Part 2) Why is the state's economy the way it is?

Part 3) What quota is Virginia not able to meet?

Essay Topic 3

Jefferson, especially later in life, attends many parties.

Part 1) How does Jefferson react at parties early in his career?

Part 2) How is he at parties later in life?

Part 3) He often retreat to Poplar Forest to get away from the crowds at Monticello. Why does he do this, rather than end the parties?

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