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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 know about some of the revisionist history he writes?

2. How long did Jeffersonians rule the nation?

3. Where does Jefferson attend college?

4. Who is Sally Hemings?

5. How does Jefferson react to the invasion by Benedict Arnold's troops?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What two decisions shape his entire life?

5. How does Martha Wales Jefferson die?

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

7. Why does Jefferson hate Alexander Hamilton so much?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Jefferson's 1775 to 1776 winter retreat to Monticello, he tries unsuccessfully to avoid returning to Philadelphia.

Part 1) Why does he not want to return?

Part 2) What are his tactics for avoiding the return?

Part 3) Where would Jefferson rather be? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Jefferson arrives in Philadelphia and Paris in luxury with a lot of pomp.

Part 1) Why does he choose to enter in this fashion?

Part 2) How does this flashy lifestyle contradict his views?

Part 3) His entrance to Washington, D.C. is very different from that of Philadelphia and Paris. How is it different? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Jefferson dies in debt.

Part 1) How does he find himself in debt?

Part 2) What does he do to get out of debt?

Part 3) Why does he have a difficult time changing his lifestyle to get out of debt?

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