John Adams Test | Final Test - Easy

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John Adams Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adams call Washington in a letter written a year earlier that surfaces and is printed in a newspaper?
(a) Derelict
(b) Devotee
(c) Anarchist
(d) Apostate

2. Who surprisingly has much in common with John Adams?
(a) King George III
(b) The Pope
(c) The Marquis de Lafayette
(d) King Louis XVI

3. What does Adams abandon after trying for a year?
(a) Writing his autobiography
(b) Learning to paint with oils
(c) Cross pollinating different varieties of vegetables
(d) Learning to speak Italian

4. What do Adams and Jefferson do to take a break from diplomatic matters?
(a) Go fishing
(b) Tour English gardens
(c) Tour British historical sites
(d) Go to bookstores

5. Of what disease does Charles Adams die?
(a) Diabetes
(b) Cirrhosis
(c) Cancer
(d) Malaria

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

7. In what state does Adams find Washington when he arrives?
(a) Bleak and abandoned
(b) A mosquito-infested swamp
(c) Barren and dry
(d) Glittering in the sun

8. What controversial nomination did Adams make as minister plenipotentiary to the French Republic in the matter of negotiating a new treaty?
(a) Charles Adams
(b) William Vans Murray
(c) John Quincy Adams
(d) John Jay

9. Who is killed in a duel with Aaron burr in 1804?
(a) William Pickering
(b) Alexander Hamilton
(c) Benjamin Arnold
(d) John Jay

10. What event takes American by surprise in 1789?
(a) The French and Indian War
(b) The French Revolution
(c) The death of King George III
(d) The resignation of Thomas Jefferson

11. Who led the anti-American initiatives in England?
(a) Loyalists
(b) Sentimentalists
(c) Independents
(d) Tories

12. Why does Adams say that Vice President is the only position he will accept?
(a) Washington will surely be elected President and anything else is beneath him
(b) He does not want to be President
(c) He is a better administrator than leader
(d) He is tired of public office

13. With whom does Adams begin a pleasant correspondence through letters?
(a) John Jay
(b) Dr. Benjamin Rush
(c) Martha Washington
(d) Nabby Adams Smith

14. Who is appointed commander in chief of the new provisional army?
(a) George Washington
(b) William Smith
(c) Alexander Hamilton
(d) John Howe

15. What did Abigail say she felt like when setting out to join John in Philadelphia?
(a) Noah's dove returning to the ark
(b) A dutiful wife
(c) The prodigal son
(d) The good samaritan

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Adams fear would lead a military coup and return the country to British rule?

2. What does Dr. Rush call Adams and Jefferson?

3. What was Adams' legacy to his grandchildren?

4. Who was Adams especially glad to see?

5. With what disease is Nabby diagnosed?

(see the answer keys)

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