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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assumption was the starting point of Adams' work about political theory?
(a) Politicians were not self-interested.
(b) Laws were irreversible.
(c) Politicians were self-interested.
(d) Laws were not irreversible.

2. What happened to the letter that Jefferson wrote to congratulate Adams when the election was over, before the results were known?
(a) It was read by Adams quickly.
(b) It was never mailed.
(c) It was lost in the mail.
(d) It was intercepted by Madison.

3. Which of Thomas Paine's published works divided Adams and Jefferson in opinion?
(a) Common Sense.
(b) Rights of Man.
(c) The Crisis Papers.
(d) Agrarian Justice.

4. What items did Adams and Jefferson focus on gaining admittance to French markets?
(a) Whale oil and candles.
(b) Candles and fishing supplies.
(c) Whale oil and fishing supplies.
(d) Whale oil, fishing supplies, and candles.

5. What things did Jefferson think governed Algiers?
(a) Money, fear, and cowardice.
(b) Money and fear.
(c) Money and cowardice.
(d) Fear and cowardice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impressed Adams about Jefferson?

2. When did Jefferson return to France in Chapter 4 and begin writing to Adams again?

3. When did Jefferson return to the United States?

4. Along with Adams and Jefferson, how many other people were on the committee assigned to write the Declaration of Independence?

5. What type of a letter did Adams write after meeting with the ambassador of Tripoli, in Chapter 4?

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