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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. How do Jefferson's views on slavery continue to be?

2. Who handles the negotiations with the French?

3. How is Jefferson's arrival in Washington, D.C?

4. Who points out "The true Jeffersonian legacy is to be hostile to legacies?"

5. For how much does Napoleon sell the land?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jefferson want to eliminate as president?

2. How does Madison Hemings back the claim that Jefferson had an illicit affair with Sally Hemings?

3. Why does Jefferson retreat to Poplar Forest?

4. How are Jefferson's views of slavery at this point in his life?

5. How does Ellis feel about the accusations that Jefferson has an illicit affair with his slave, Sally Hemings?

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

7. How does Jefferson's arrival in Washington, D.C., differ from his arrivals in Philadelphia and Paris?

8. Of what aspects of our culture and government would Jefferson disapprove?

9. Although Jefferson believes that slavery should be abolished, what does he feel about the issue of equality?

10. Who are the last two surviving Founding Fathers, and how are they treated?

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

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 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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