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

2. Who first exposes Jefferson to a companionate marriage?
(a) Ben and Debrah Franklin.
(b) George and Martha Washington.
(c) John and Abigail Adams.
(d) James and Dolley Madison.

3. What have several historians pointed out does not exist between a master and a slave?
(a) Fear.
(b) A hierarchy.
(c) Racism.
(d) Consensual sex.

4. Of what party does Jefferson become the leader in just a few years?
(a) The Independent Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

5. To what is Jefferson compared at an elaborate dinner party?
(a) A criminal.
(b) A court jester.
(c) A non-English-speaking guest.
(d) A mime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is the pamphlet "A Summary of the Rights of British America" a first draft?

2. Who accompanied Jefferson to France?

3. How are Jefferson's actions towards slavery and his views of slavery contradictory?

4. Who is deeply in debt?

5. Who does Polly marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is known about Jefferson prior to his becoming a political figure?

2. Why are the Hemingses allowed to live at Mulberry Row and work in the house?

3. Why might the author be surprised by the number of people who attend the evening devoted to Jefferson?

4. How is the relationship between Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson?

5. What impression does Jefferson's arrival in Paris give the French?

6. What three articles is he known for writing?

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

8. Why does Jefferson's plan to plant wheat fail?

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

10. What two views of Jefferson's about King George III are incompatible?

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