Quiz | Jefferson's Blood | FRONTLINE


		1. What evidence exists that supports the Thomas Jefferson-Sally Hemings relationship?

			· First hand accounts · Oral history accounts · Historical documents · Evaluation of Jefferson's schedule and travels · DNA testing · All of the above



		2. DNA tests prove 100 percent that Thomas Jefferson was the father of at least one of Sally Hemings's children.

			· True · False



		3. When did interracial marriage become legal in all fifty U.S. states?

			· 1800 · 1864 · 1918 · 1998



		4. Martha Wayles, the wife of Thomas Jefferson, was Sally Hemings's...?

			· Sister · Half-sister · Aunt · Grandmother



		5. How "black" was Sally Hemings?

			· All "black" · Half "black" · One-quarter "black" · One-eighth "black"



		6. How many of Madison Hemings's siblings passed as 'white?'

			· 1 · 2 · 3 · 0



		7. How long did it take for historians to accept that Jefferson had a relationship with Sally Hemings?

			· 43 years · 130 years · 200 years · Have never accepted the idea.



		8. How much did Thomas Jefferson offer for the return of a runaway Monticello slave?

			· 5 shillings · 40 shillings · ten pounds · one hundred pounds



		9. How much was one of Jefferson's house slaves worth?

			· $40 - $80 · $150 - $500 · $500 - $800 · $1,200 - $2,000



		10. Was Thomas Jefferson an advocate of slavery?

			· Yes · No · Yes and No



		11. Was Thomas Jefferson racist?

			· Yes · No · Yes and No

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