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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is it difficult for Patsy to love her husband?
(a) He is mentally unstable.
(b) He is the father of his slave's children.
(c) She does not know how to love.
(d) He is never home.

3. What does Jefferson idealize?
(a) Nature.
(b) The King of England.
(c) Humanity.
(d) France.

4. With whom does Jefferson exchange a series of passionate love letters?
(a) Abigail Adams.
(b) Dolley Madison.
(c) Diana Cosway.
(d) Diana Ross.

5. How is having an affair and fathering children with a slave viewed by people of Jefferson's day?
(a) Unethical.
(b) Unimportant.
(c) Normal.
(d) Not unusual.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Jeffersonians rule the nation?

2. Who first exposes Jefferson to a companionate marriage?

3. Of what descent is Hamilton?

4. What does Ellis call flexibility and others might call hypocrisy?

5. What do many slave owners require of their slaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do John Wales and Thomas Jefferson possibly have in common?

2. What story does Jefferson glamorize to benefit himself?

3. Why does Madison let Jefferson know that his name is being put forth as the Republican Party's candidate for president through coded letters?

4. Where is the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings a topic?

5. How is Jefferson's most successful financial enterprise operated?

6. What does Jefferson do with his companions once they arrive in France?

7. How does Jefferson receive advice from Abigail Adams while he is in France?

8. How does Jefferson speak about and treat his slaves?

9. What three articles is he known for writing?

10. What do Polly and her mother have in common?

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