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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Abigail's correspondence with Jefferson resume?
(a) Abigail added a postscript to one of her husband's letters.
(b) Jefferson wrote Abigail a letter.
(c) Abigail wrote Jefferson a letter separate from her husband's letters.
(d) Adams informed Jefferson in a letter to resume writing to his wife.

2. As explained in the letters of Chapter 12, what kind of teaching load was preferred for professors?
(a) Moderate.
(b) Moderate to heavy.
(c) Light to moderate.
(d) Light.

3. How long did Dr. Rush try to reconcile Adams and Jefferson?
(a) A few years.
(b) A few days.
(c) A few months.
(d) A few weeks.

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

5. Which cause did Jefferson focus on later in his life?
(a) Updating the Declaration.
(b) Updating the Constitution.
(c) Supporting new presidential candidates.
(d) Establishing the University of Virginia.

6. What caused Adams to be angry with Jefferson before they reconciled?
(a) Jefferson's association with writers that attempted to misrepresent his writings.
(b) Jefferson's past remarks about his presidency.
(c) Jefferson's past remarks about his vice-presidency.
(d) Jefferson's association with writers that attacked him and his family.

7. What did Jefferson think the electorate had the ability to select?
(a) The good, wise, and experienced.
(b) The good and wise.
(c) The good and experienced.
(d) The wise and experienced.

8. Which one of the following was not provided as a reason for Jefferson's monetary issues?
(a) Lending.
(b) Overspending.
(c) Debts.
(d) Inflation.

9. When did Adams think even an aristocracy of virtue could be corrupted?
(a) If elected or unelected.
(b) If elected.
(c) If elected for long periods of time.
(d) If elected for short periods of time.

10. How many abdications did Napoleon have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

11. As Adams recognized, where did aristocracies exist?
(a) Not very many places.
(b) Only certain places.
(c) All places.
(d) Most places.

12. Which role did Adams and Jefferson think education had in government?
(a) They thought good government was impossible without education.
(b) They thought education was the main ingredient of good government.
(c) They thought good government could exist permanently without education.
(d) They thought education was essential to good government.

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

14. Why were few letters written between Adams and Jefferson early in their association?
(a) They did not have much to say.
(b) They did not know each other's addresses.
(c) They spoke with each other frequently.
(d) They preferred conversations.

15. How did Adams live on his salary throughout his later years?
(a) Exceptionally well.
(b) Fairly well.
(c) Adequately.
(d) Slightly better than average.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Adams and Jefferson think about their past differences later in life?

2. What age was Jefferson before the first academic session began at the University of Virginia?

3. How many differences were resolved between the Adamses and Jefferson, by the end of Chapter 8?

4. As mentioned in Chapter 11, why did Adams and Jefferson want the American people to understand the Revolution?

5. During the time that Jefferson served as secretary of state, how many letters did he write to Adams about foreign policy?

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