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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jefferson do regarding miscegenation?
(a) He repeatedly speaks out about its evils.
(b) He passes a law to preserve it.
(c) He encourages it.
(d) He practices miscegenation.

3. How does Jefferson come to be a minor celebrity?
(a) His writing of the Declaration of Independence.
(b) As governor of the state of Virginia.
(c) His pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America."
(d) His ambassador position in France.

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

5. What does the author find surprising about an evening devoted to Jefferson in 1993?
(a) 400 people attend, rather than the estimated 40.
(b) 40 people attend, rather than the estimated 400.
(c) The audience has little respect for Jefferson as a president.
(d) The audience is very argumentative about Jefferson's stand on slavery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What legacy of Jefferson's lives on?

3. Who does Patsy marry?

4. Who first exposes Jefferson to a companionate marriage?

5. About what will scholars still be arguing well into the 22nd century?

(see the answer key)

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