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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Ethos vs. Eros.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was James Madison's effect on Thomas Jefferson's pro-land positions?
(a) Expanded them with incentives.
(b) Tempered them with markets.
(c) Exacerbated them with tariffs.
(d) Protected them with regulations.

2. Who became Speaker of the House under James Monroe?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

3. What did John Calhoun support?
(a) Infrastructural expansion.
(b) States' rights.
(c) Free trade.
(d) Equal distribution of wealth.

4. What does capitalism result in, according to Sellers?
(a) The celebration of sex.
(b) The sterilization of sex.
(c) The mechanicalization of sex.
(d) Repression of sex.

5. How does Sellers characterize the ethic Jackson got from his family?
(a) Matriarchal.
(b) Patriarchal.
(c) Religious.
(d) Sentimental.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many votes did Andrew Jackson win the runoff by?

2. What does Sellers say is the appropriate outlet for the sexual forces liberated in masturbation?

3. Where was Andrew Jackson nominated for President?

4. When did zeal for reform reach the lower classes, in Sellers's account?

5. Who brought Thomas Jefferson to power?

(see the answer key)

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