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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Thomas Jefferson: the Aristocrat as Democrat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What class of people are usually attracted to democracy?
(a) The working class.
(b) Laborers.
(c) The aristocracy.
(d) The middle class.

2. What office did Thomas Jefferson hold in Virginia?
(a) Governor.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Secretary of the Treasury.
(d) Secretary of Commerce.

3. According to the Founders, what could use private vices to produce public benefits?
(a) The judicial system.
(b) Political parties.
(c) Economic markets.
(d) Political platforms.

4. Why were the Founders hesitant to establish a new monarchy?
(a) There was no royal bloodline from which to choose a King.
(b) A monarch rules in his own interests.
(c) One man could not run a country effectively.
(d) Too many different philosophies existed to choose one man.

5. Why were the Founders willing to let selfish men follow their own interests?
(a) They thought man was inherently good.
(b) They understood the nature of man.
(c) They did not want to control the law.
(d) They did not want to control behavior with the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lifestyle did Thomas Jefferson abhor?

2. Which group of Americans did Thomas Jefferson distrust the most?

3. According to the Founders, power should be divided vertically between which two groups?

4. What did the Founders design the Constitution to protect?

5. What changes did Thomas Jefferson make in Virginia?

(see the answer key)

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