Just for fun, I have eleven questions for you to test your knowledge of Jefferson and (mostly) religious issues. These questions relate to claims examined in the upcoming second edition of Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson by Michael Coulter and me.
Click the link below and see how well you know your Jefferson. The answers are at the end of the quiz which will take you to the Getting Jefferson Right website. Sneaky, right? There you can sign up for notifications about the release of the book on November 1 and news relating to endorsements.
As a historian, reading Getting Jefferson Right consistently elicits in me a dual response: the first is a deep appreciation for the careful, objective and thorough scholarship of Coulter and Throckmorton; the second is incredulous outrage at the numerous historical distortions, misreadings, and outright falsehoods they labor to debunk. Based in a thorough and careful analysis of primary sources in their full context, Getting Jefferson Right is an essential volume for understanding Jefferson in all his complexity, and a robust defense of historical truth against the propagandists who twist the past to serve their agenda.
-Aaron Cowan, associate professor of history, Slippery Rock University and author of A Nice Place to Visit: Tourism and Urban Revitalization in the Postwar Rustbelt.
Let's just say I scored way better on your psych exams.
Well, if you score this on a scale from Cedarville -C minus if you score this from a public college - B🙃😎