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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Adams perceive the Vice Presidency?
(a) A great honor
(b) A do-nothing job
(c) A monument to service
(d) A civilized way to pass time

2. What event causes Congress to flee from Philadelphia?
(a) The Battle of Saratoga
(b) The Battle of Brandywine Creek
(c) A smallpox epidemic
(d) The Battle of Bunker Hill

3. By what name do some of Adams' opponents call him?
(a) The Village Idiot
(b) Farmer Brown
(c) The President by Three Votes
(d) The Little Napoleon

4. In what location does the book begin?
(a) England
(b) France
(c) New England
(d) Germany

5. What was the core message of Adam's "Braintree Instructions"?
(a) How to become a lawyer
(b) No taxation without representation
(c) How to publish a book
(d) How to plant a field

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Abigail call John when his letters lost their romantic ardor?

2. ___________________ wrote that "These are the times that try men's souls."

3. In what year does this chapter begin?

4. In what Paris suburb did the Adamses find a house for their stay in France?

5. Which was the only element of the Adamses house not in need of desperate tending?

(see the answer key)

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