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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 does Jefferson decide to plant in the place of tobacco?

2. For what are Betty Hemings' grandchildren mistaken?

3. What governmental position does Alexander Hamilton hold?

4. Who does Jefferson refer to his slaves?

5. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To what does the author compare the sexual services required of slaves?

3. What is Jefferson's ideal Utopian society?

4. What are two of Jefferson's untruths in his pamphlets?

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

6. What three articles is he known for writing?

7. What two decisions shape his entire life?

8. Why does Jefferson hate Alexander Hamilton so much?

9. What is known about Jefferson prior to his becoming a political figure?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The building of Monticello is one decision that shapes Jefferson's entire life.

Part 1) How does it shape his life?

Part 2) How does this home reflect his views on the ideal life?

Part 3) How does it contradict his views of slavery?

Essay Topic 3

One of Jefferson's primary goals is the elimination of the national debt.

Part 1) Of what does he see this as the cause?

Part 2) He is determined to eliminate the national debt and one of his cost-saving measures is dismantling the U.S. Navy. Why does he believe this is a good cost-saving measure?

Part 3) How does this course of action prove to be almost disastrous?

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