View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is probably the most beloved and admired of American presidents?
(a) George Washington.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

2. How many children do Patsy and her husband have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eleven.

3. What two decisions shape Jefferson's entire life?
(a) His marriage to Martha and the birth of his three daughters.
(b) The writing of his pamphlets and his time as governor of Virginia.
(c) To build a house and run for the House of Burgesses.
(d) His marriage to Martha and his move to Philadelphia.

4. Who does Jefferson sometimes revile as a drunkard and sometimes as a wise, just ruler?
(a) Mary, Queen of Scots.
(b) King Louis XVI.
(c) King George III.
(d) Queen Victoria.

5. What is the Boston Tea Party?
(a) A tea store in Boston.
(b) A gathering of colonists to peacefully protest British rule.
(c) A prank by a group of hooligans.
(d) A fundraiser for the city of Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Jefferson's actions towards slavery and his views of slavery contradictory?

2. What is the reason the author gives for the contradiction between Jefferson's opinion of slavery and his owning of slaves?

3. To what does Jefferson have a propensity?

4. How long did Jeffersonians rule the nation?

5. What does Jefferson know about some of the revisionist history he writes?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 386 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample