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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he is elected president, what does George Washington offer Jefferson?
(a) The position of Secretary of Homeland Security.
(b) The position of Secretary of the Interior.
(c) The position of Secretary of State.
(d) The position of Vice President.

2. What do both William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow claim about Jefferson?
(a) He shares their views of evolution and creation.
(b) He is a great man.
(c) He shares their architectural style.
(d) He shares their views about human dignity.

3. For what are Betty Hemings' grandchildren mistaken?
(a) Jefferson's children.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Caucasians.
(d) Hispanic.

4. What does Jefferson decide to plant in the place of tobacco?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Corn.
(c) Flax.
(d) Soybeans.

5. How are Jefferson's political beliefs during those revolutionary times?
(a) Liberal.
(b) Unknown.
(c) Radical.
(d) Conservative.

6. What does Jefferson expect his slave to learn while in France?
(a) To become fluent in French.
(b) The fine art of French painting.
(c) How to be obedient.
(d) The fine art of French cookery.

7. What is Jefferson's most successful financial enterprise?
(a) Nail making.
(b) Growing wheat.
(c) Making wagon wheels.
(d) Growing tobacco.

8. With whom did Jefferson engage in vile public clashes?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Aaron Burr.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) James Madison.

9. Who is reportedly the father of Sally Hemings?
(a) John Wales.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

10. What governmental position does Alexander Hamilton hold?
(a) Surgeon General.
(b) Secretary of the Interior.
(c) Secretary of the Treasury.
(d) Secretary of State.

11. Who does Patsy marry?
(a) Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.
(b) Thomas Payne.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) William Randolph Hearst.

12. On what are several of Jefferson's arguments based?
(a) The history of monarchies.
(b) Historical facts.
(c) Untruths.
(d) Truths.

13. What issue does Ellis dismiss as "slanderous assaults?"
(a) The slavery issue.
(b) the Declaration of Independence issue.
(c) The Sally Hemings issue.
(d) The Constitution issue.

14. How long is Jefferson Governor of Virginia?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

15. What family is allowed to live at Mulberry Row?
(a) His entire slave family.
(b) The Hemings family.
(c) Jefferson's family.
(d) Those family members with dark skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jefferson react to the invasion by Benedict Arnold's troops?

2. Why do many men of Jefferson's time refuse to own slaves?

3. Who does Patsy confess to loving more than her husband?

4. How does Jefferson arrive in Paris?

5. What does Jefferson argue should be eliminated from the Constitution of the new nation?

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