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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is presentism?
(a) The obsession with requiring gifts and other presents.
(b) Not believing that events in the past have taken place; being completely focused on present-day issues and topics.
(c) The tendency to apply current social and ethical standard to the behavior of past eras.
(d) To present false information about an issue or historical period.

2. How does Jefferson arrive in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress?
(a) He arrives excited and ready to lead the nation.
(b) He arrives by horseback, as do most people at this time.
(c) He arrives in an opulent carriage with three slaves outfitted in elaborate costumes.
(d) He arrives secretly in the night, due to the high security risk.

3. What is the nickname Ellis gives for Sally Hemings?
(a) Black Sal.
(b) Sally Forth.
(c) White Sally.
(d) Silly Sally.

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

5. Who is Sally Hemings?
(a) Jefferson's wife.
(b) Martha Wales' sister.
(c) Jefferson's neice.
(d) A slave Jefferson inherited from his wife's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is Jefferson compared at an elaborate dinner party?

2. When he is elected president, what does George Washington offer Jefferson?

3. What does Abigail Adams encourage Jefferson to do, regarding his daughter Maria?

4. What illustrates two central features of Jefferson's personality?

5. What serve as the most enduring record of Jefferson's life?

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