American Sphinx Test | Final Test - Easy

Joseph Ellis
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 110 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

American Sphinx Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Thomas Payne began as a revolutionary hero. What has he become in just a few years?
(a) He is a pastor.
(b) He is more popular and loved than ever.
(c) An obnoxious alcoholic.
(d) He is a hermit.

3. When does this erosion take place?
(a) During the Vietnam War.
(b) During the Civil War.
(c) During the Cold War.
(d) During the Gulf War.

4. Of what is Jefferson the founder?
(a) The University of Miami.
(b) The University of the District of Columbia.
(c) The College of William and Mary.
(d) The University of Virginia.

5. Who reports the information about Elizabeth Walker with accuracy?
(a) James Callender.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) James Madison.

6. What do today's scholars know about this time in Jefferson's life?
(a) As much as they know about the rest of his life.
(b) Nothing, since his records are burned in a fire.
(c) Very little.
(d) More than any other time in his life.

7. What does Ellis believe about the relationship of Jefferson and Sally after the story becomes so public?
(a) It continues, because he is the father of her last two children.
(b) There is never a relationship, so nothing changes about their relationship as slave owner and slave.
(c) If there had been an affair, he would have ended after it became public knowledge.
(d) It becomes stronger after the allegations become public.

8. What lasts the remainder of Jefferson's and Adams' lives?
(a) The marriage of their children to one another.
(b) Their exchange of letters.
(c) Their hatred for one another.
(d) Their terms in office.

9. Who does Jefferson tell his daughter Martha is the father of Sally's children?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) His nephew, Peter Carr.
(c) Aaron Burr.
(d) His father-in-law, John Wales.

10. For how much does Napoleon sell the land?
(a) Three dollars per acre.
(b) One cent per acre.
(c) One dollar per acre.
(d) Three cents per acre.

11. What legacy of Jefferson's lives on?
(a) His legacy of idealism and revolutionary spirit.
(b) His legacy of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
(c) His legacy of familial love and respect.
(d) His legacy of slavery and contradictions.

12. What does everyone expect of President Thomas Jefferson?
(a) They are not quite sure what to expect.
(b) To be a powerful leader.
(c) To be hard to understand.
(d) To be difficult with which to deal.

13. What is Jefferson's last attempt to save Monticello for his daughter and her children?
(a) He asks his neighbors to donate money to pay his debts.
(b) He sells all of his slaves.
(c) He does not try to save Monticello.
(d) He asks the Virginia legislature to allow him to conduct a public lottery.

14. Who is Sally Hemings?
(a) A slave Jefferson sets free in his will.
(b) A quadroon slave.
(c) Jefferson's second wife.
(d) A slave that works in the fields at Monticello.

15. In what tradition does Jefferson regard all political power as inherently corrupting?
(a) The Whig tradition.
(b) The Christian tradition.
(c) The Republican tradition.
(d) The Federalist tradition.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would Jefferson feel about urbanization?

2. What happens between France and England in 1803?

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

4. What is remarkable about the transfer of power from one president to the next?

5. Who prints scurrilous, vengeful allegations against Jefferson?

(see the answer keys)

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