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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jefferson retire to Monticello by 1794?

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

3. When does Polly die?

4. What test proves that Ellis's belief that a dalliance is completely out of character for Jefferson is incorrect?

5. Who does Patsy marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What story does Jefferson glamorize to benefit himself?

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

4. Why is Jefferson claimed by many individuals with opposing beliefs?

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

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

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

8. How does Martha Wales Jefferson die?

9. To what does the author compare the sexual services required of slaves?

10. Why does Jefferson not want to return to Philadelphia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jefferson writes the Declaration of independence.

Part 1) How long does it take Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence?

Part 2) Why might it have taken him this amount of time to write it?

Part 3) By what and whom is he inspired? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The building of Monticello is one decision that shapes Jefferson's entire life.

Part 1) How does it shape his life?

Part 2) How does this home reflect his views on the ideal life?

Part 3) How does it contradict his views of slavery?

Essay Topic 3

One of Jefferson's primary goals is the elimination of the national debt.

Part 1) Of what does he see this as the cause?

Part 2) He is determined to eliminate the national debt and one of his cost-saving measures is dismantling the U.S. Navy. Why does he believe this is a good cost-saving measure?

Part 3) How does this course of action prove to be almost disastrous?

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