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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. Who first exposes Jefferson to a companionate marriage?

2. Who does Jefferson refer to his slaves?

3. Why does Jefferson retire to Monticello by 1794?

4. What promise does Martha extract from Jefferson?

5. Of what party does Jefferson become the leader in just a few years?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jefferson's most successful financial enterprise operated?

2. Why might the author be surprised by the number of people who attend the evening devoted to Jefferson?

3. What two decisions shape his entire life?

4. What story does Jefferson glamorize to benefit himself?

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

6. Why does Jefferson hate Alexander Hamilton so much?

7. What is Jefferson's ideal Utopian society?

8. What are two central features of Jefferson's personality?

9. What impression does Jefferson's arrival in Paris give the French?

10. Why does Martha force Jefferson to promise to never remarry?

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 chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.

Part 1) Two pamphlets are considered the rough drafts of the Declaration of Independence. What are the names of these pamphlets? Describe them.

Part 2) Why is he chosen to write the Declaration of Independence?

Part 3) How accurate is much of the information in the Declaration of Independence prior to editing? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Jefferson writes the Declaration of independence.

Part 1) How long does it take Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence?

Part 2) Why might it have taken him this amount of time to write it?

Part 3) By what and whom is he inspired? Why?

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