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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which letters include less philosophical topics, such as whale-oil and tobacco contracts?
(a) The letters both before and after 1801.
(b) The letters before 1801.
(c) The letters during 1801.
(d) The letters after 1801.

2. Which position did Jefferson have when Adams was vice-president?
(a) Speaker of the house.
(b) Chief advisor.
(c) Secretary of Treasury.
(d) Secretary of state.

3. When did Richard Henry Lee propose the resolution that Congress should secede from Britain?
(a) June 4th.
(b) June 7th.
(c) July 4th.
(d) July 7th.

4. In the order of the U.S. Presidents, when did John Adams and Thomas Jefferson hold the office respectively?
(a) They were the second and third Presidents.
(b) They were the fourth and eighth Presidents.
(c) They were the third and fourth Presidents.
(d) They were the second and eighth Presidents.

5. Which obstacles of Independence concerned Adams and Jefferson in 1777?
(a) Financing the war, public opinion, and regulating trade.
(b) Financing the war and public opinion.
(c) Public opinion and regulating trade.
(d) Financing the war and regulating trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years after the Declaration of Independence did Adams and Jefferson pass away?

2. What impressed Adams about Jefferson?

3. When was Jefferson a governor?

4. Where did Adams and Jefferson meet?

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

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