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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides slaves, what else does Jefferson inherit from his father-in-law's estate?
(a) Animals.
(b) A house.
(c) Land.
(d) Debt.

2. How long did Jeffersonians rule the nation?
(a) The first four years of the 19th century.
(b) The first thirty-four years of the 19th century.
(c) The first fourteen years of the 19th century.
(d) The first twenty-four years of the 19th century.

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

4. Who are the other two ambassadors in France?
(a) Madison and Monroe.
(b) George Washington and John Adams.
(c) John Adams and Ben Franklin.
(d) James Hemings and John Wales.

5. How famous is Jefferson at the time he becomes an ambassador in France?
(a) He is unknown in France.
(b) His fame has decreased.
(c) His fame has increased.
(d) His fame has stayed the same.

6. Of what is the pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America" a first draft?
(a) Articles of the Confederation.
(b) Constitution for the Freedom of Colonial America.
(c) Declaration of Treachery by King George III.
(d) Declaration of Independence.

7. What does Jefferson study in college?
(a) Interpersonal Communications.
(b) Business.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Law.

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

9. What test proves that Ellis's belief that a dalliance is completely out of character for Jefferson is incorrect?
(a) A Regence test.
(b) A drug test.
(c) A DRA test.
(d) A DNA test.

10. Who does Jefferson refer to his slaves?
(a) As his "extended family."
(b) As the bane of his existence.
(c) As members of society.
(d) As his property.

11. Why do many men of Jefferson's time refuse to own slaves?
(a) They believe in complete segregation.
(b) On moral grounds.
(c) They believe slaves spread disease.
(d) They abhore those that are not white.

12. Who accompanied Jefferson to France?
(a) His three daughters.
(b) Sally Hemings.
(c) His daughter Martha, known as Patsy, and a slave named James Hemings.
(d) John Adams and Ben Franklin.

13. When it comes to Jefferson's writing, what does he not like?
(a) To have his work accepted.
(b) To write political pamphlets.
(c) To be edited.
(d) To write persuasively.

14. What does the Virginia Assembly do, regarding Jefferson's reaction to the invasion by Benedict Arnold's troops?
(a) They award him with the Medal of Honor.
(b) They launch an investigation against him for cowardice and dereliction of duty.
(c) They chastise him for hiding.
(d) They make him commander of the Virginia army.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is having an affair and fathering children with a slave viewed by people of Jefferson's day?

2. What is presentism?

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

4. How many slaves does Jefferson own at this point in his life?

5. Of what does Ellis feel it is unfair to accuse a man of Jefferson's time regarding women?

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