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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regarding Sally Hemings, of what is Jefferson regularly accused?
(a) Being her father.
(b) Selling her into slavery.
(c) Having an affair with her after his wife's death and fathering several of her seven children.
(d) Not providing for her.

2. What is expected of politicians of Jefferson's day?
(a) To be fallible humans like the rest of mankind.
(b) To represent the best that mankind has to offer.
(c) To do what the people want.
(d) To live in Washington, D.C.

3. What does Jefferson argue should be eliminated from the Constitution of the new nation?
(a) Freedom of the press.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Women's rights.

4. How much does Jefferson believe the war will cost?
(a) $6 million.
(b) $6 billion.
(c) $3 billion.
(d) $3 million.

5. To what does Jefferson have a propensity?
(a) To compromise on certain issues.
(b) To understand that people have varying beliefs and not every issue is either black or white.
(c) To present questions according to God's love.
(d) To present questions as dichotomies between good and evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the audience not ask questions regarding Jefferson's slave ownership and relationship with Sally Hemings?

2. Who is Sally Hemings?

3. Of what has Jefferson either never learned the technique or accepted the necessity?

4. Who is probably the most beloved and admired of American presidents?

5. What does the author find surprising about an evening devoted to Jefferson in 1993?

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