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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jefferson feel about spirited debates?
(a) He believes they are a waste of time.
(b) He has a stong aversion towards them and is unable to participate.
(c) He loves to be in on the action.
(d) He thinks they are very beneficial when fighting for a cause.

2. What does Abigail Adams encourage Jefferson to do, regarding his daughter Maria?
(a) To put her in a boarding school in France.
(b) To bring her to France.
(c) To keep her in Virginia.
(d) To let Abigail take her to England.

3. How is Jefferson's arrival in Washington, D.C?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Austere.
(c) Sad.
(d) Ostentatious.

4. What is Jefferson's refuge from troubled times?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) Monticello.
(c) Richmond, Virginia.
(d) The Continental Congress.

5. What company precedes him to the Capitol?
(a) A company of government analysts.
(b) A company of militia.
(c) A company of dancers.
(d) A company of legal advisors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson owe English and Scottish firms?

2. What is expected of politicians of Jefferson's day?

3. Besides slaves, what else does Jefferson inherit from his father-in-law's estate?

4. What do today's scholars know about this time in Jefferson's life?

5. What does the previous administration rename Washington's Goose Creek?

(see the answer key)

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