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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who points out "The true Jeffersonian legacy is to be hostile to legacies?"
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Jaqueline Applegate.
(c) Joclyn Smith.
(d) Joyce Appleby.

2. What pattern do his days at Monticello follow?
(a) They are very unpredictable.
(b) The prdictable pattern of an aristocratic gentleman.
(c) He spends his days in the fields watching over his slaves.
(d) He sits, relaxes, and thinks about his life.

3. Who is Jefferson's vice president?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) Aaron Burr.
(c) James Madison.
(d) James Monroe.

4. What changes would Jefferson wholeheartedly approve?
(a) African Americans in positions of power.
(b) The abolition of slavery.
(c) The technological advances.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

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

6. What are John Adam's final words?
(a) "The Founding Fathers are no more."
(b) "Thomas Jefferson lives."
(c) "The Founding Fathers live."
(d) "Thomas Jefferson is no more."

7. Of what change in the U.S. would Jefferson disapprove?
(a) The abolition of slavery.
(b) Efforts to protect the environment.
(c) The fight for family farms.
(d) The erosion of states' rights.

8. When do historians discover Jefferson is at Monticello with Sally nine months before she gives birth to each of her children?
(a) In the 1850s.
(b) In the 1950s.
(c) In the 1960s.
(d) In the 1860s.

9. Of what is Jefferson the symbol?
(a) The anti-slavery movement.
(b) Fatherly love and loyalty.
(c) Revolutionary fervor and America's premier idealist.
(d) Dichotomies and stubbornness.

10. Of what are these two acutely aware?
(a) Their old age.
(b) Their roles in history.
(c) Their disagreements.
(d) Their close friendship.

11. What makes American ships easy prey?
(a) The sailors are poorly trained.
(b) They are not as technologically-advanced as other country's ships.
(c) Jefferson all but eliminates the U.S. Navy.
(d) They are in a harbor far out at sea.

12. What does Ellis say about Sally's last two children, Madison and Eston?
(a) They spread lies about Jefferson.
(b) They are not Jefferson's because they are born after Callender's allegations are published.
(c) They are Jefferson's children, just as the rest of the children are his.
(d) They are the children of Peter Carr.

13. Who is Madison Hemings?
(a) Sally Hemings' son who protects Jefferson.
(b) Sally Hemings' sister who also lives at Monticello.
(c) Sally Hemings' sister who is Jefferson's daughter.
(d) Sally Hemings' son who reveals during an interview that his mother told him that Jefferson fathered all five of her children.

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

15. How many slaves does Jefferson free in his will?
(a) Only the Hemings.
(b) Only five slaves.
(c) Only the house slaves.
(d) All of his slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company precedes him to the Capitol?

2. When is there an increase in U.S. military might?

3. How does Jefferson believe emancipation would work?

4. What is one of Jefferson's primary goals?

5. What does Jefferson announce, almost immediately, after the Embargo Act is passed?

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