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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what country does John Quincy go as a secretary?
(a) Italy
(b) Russia
(c) Germany
(d) Ireland

2. Who accompanies Adams to England?
(a) Abigail
(b) Johnny and Charles
(c) Nabby
(d) Thomas

3. Which of the following did Abigail not find Paris to be?
(a) Stinking
(b) Filthy
(c) Uncultured
(d) Splendid

4. From which country did the United States hope to receive military aid?
(a) Germany
(b) Canada
(c) Italy
(d) France

5. In what year is the Second Continental Congress held?
(a) 1774
(b) 1800
(c) 1776
(d) 1775

6. Which American envoy was sending secret messages to London?
(a) David Heartley
(b) Arthur Lee
(c) Edward Bancroft
(d) William Pierce

7. When was the last signature affixed to the Declaration of Independence?
(a) July 1776
(b) November 1776
(c) August 1776
(d) January 1777

8. What major disease was running rampant in 1776?
(a) Smallpox
(b) Diptheria
(c) Bubonic plague
(d) Measles

9. What is ultimately signed on September 3, 1783?
(a) Olive Branch Resolution
(b) The Treaty of Paris
(c) The Declaration of Independence
(d) Dutch Amnesty Resolution

10. At what location are Washington's troops fighting the invading British troops in August 1776?
(a) Philadelphia
(b) New York
(c) Boston
(d) Charleston

11. What precipitates the British leaving Boston Harbor in 1776?
(a) The Battle of Bunker Hill
(b) Illness is running rampant
(c) They ran out of tea
(d) The king has recalled them

12. Which of the Americans was the first to sign the Treaty of Paris?
(a) Thomas Jefferson
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) John Adams
(d) Henry Laurens

13. To what town does Adams move his family in 1771?
(a) Groton
(b) Danbury
(c) Cambridge
(d) Braintree

14. At what age did John Adams enter Harvard University?
(a) 18
(b) 21
(c) 15
(d) 19

15. What does Adams vow after the signing of the document?
(a) To never be away from Abigail that long again
(b) To learn to speak as many foreign languages as possible
(c) To move to Europe
(d) To go back to practicing law

Short Answer Questions

1. What British officer did Adams and Franklin travel to meet?

2. How old was Benjamin Franklin at the time of the Second Continental Congress?

3. To what country does Adams move to seek financial aid?

4. What does Adams call Benjamin Franklin after Franklin attempts to muddy Adams' reputation?

5. For what attribute of his does Adams thank God?

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