Module 7 Practice Test #1 Thomas Jefferson in 1776

Module 7 Practice Test #1 Thomas Jefferson in 1776

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English

5th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.5.8, RL.7.9, RL.5.1

+30

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Why was Thomas Jefferson not happy during the summer of 1776?

He was not feeling well.

He wanted to be home in Virginia.

He was busy writing many documents.

He enjoyed debating at the Continental Congress.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What was the reason Thomas Jefferson was in Philadelphia during the summer of 1776?

To visit his wife, Martha.

To attend the Continental Congress.

To write the Virginia constitution.

To debate with Richard Henry Lee.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What did Thomas Jefferson do in his spare time while at the Continental Congress?

He wrote to the Virginia Convention about a new form of government.

He worked on his version of the Virginia constitution.

He debated with other delegates.

He made plans to return to Virginia.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What did Richard Henry Lee announce at the Congress on June 7, 1776?

That Philadelphia should host the Continental Congress.

That Thomas Jefferson should go back to Virginia.

That the United Colonies should be free and independent States.

That a new constitution was needed for Virginia.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Who was chosen by the committee to write the document proclaiming America's independence?

The Congress

Richard Henry Lee

A five-man committee

Thomas Jefferson

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What did Thomas Jefferson do to ensure that his ideas about independence could be understood by all people?

He borrowed ideas from other political writers and wrote them in simple words

He wrote them in a complex language

He only used his own ideas without borrowing from others

He kept his thoughts to himself

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress?

July 4, 1776

July 8, 1776

September 1776

Late July 1776

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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