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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jefferson decide to plant in the place of tobacco?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Soybeans.
(c) Flax.
(d) Corn.

2. To what is Jefferson compared at an elaborate dinner party?
(a) A mime.
(b) A court jester.
(c) A criminal.
(d) A non-English-speaking guest.

3. When does Jefferson permanently retire to Monticello?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1809.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1909.

4. What does Jefferson announce, almost immediately, after the Embargo Act is passed?
(a) He is getting remarried.
(b) He is canceling the Embarg Act.
(c) He would not seek another term in office.
(d) He will run for another term in office.

5. How many slaves does Jefferson free in his will?
(a) Only the Hemings.
(b) All of his slaves.
(c) Only five slaves.
(d) Only the house slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it difficult for Patsy to love her husband?

2. What is the Boston Tea Party?

3. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?

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

5. What has been recognized by the "American Institute of Architects as 'the proudest achievement of American architecture in the past 200 years?'"

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