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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 Jefferson's last attempt to save Monticello for his daughter and her children?

2. Besides it being obvious that several of Sally Hemings' children have a white father, what makes it even more possible that they are Jefferson's?

3. What does Jefferson do regarding miscegenation?

4. What makes American ships easy prey?

5. What has happened with Thomas Jefferson's popularity over time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does James Callender play in this scandal?

2. What is ironic about Jefferson's approval of the separation of church and state?

3. Why might it be possible that this affair took place?

4. How does Jefferson spend his retirement?

5. What is the reason for the lack of pomp in his arrival to the Capitol?

6. What does Jefferson want to eliminate as president?

7. What is the most enduring scandal of Jefferson's life?

8. What has happened to Jefferson's and Adam' friendship?

9. How do Jefferson and Adams begin to reconcile their friendship?

10. Why is Jefferson accused, inaccurately, of being an atheist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jefferson writes revisionist history.

Part 1) What is revisionist history?

Part 2) What revisionist history does he write?

Part 3) Why might he do this?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Jefferson loves his wife, but he finds a woman who is a rare equal.

Part 1) Who is this woman?

Part 2) How is she the equal of Jefferson?

Part 3) What type of relationship do these two have?

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