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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following was not included in the description of Dr. Rush?
(a) Well known doctor.
(b) Mutual friend of Adams and Jefferson.
(c) Signer of the Declaration.
(d) Writing teacher for both Adams and Jefferson.

2. Which month was the last letter in Chapter 10 written?
(a) December.
(b) November.
(c) February.
(d) July.

3. How many pieces of "Homespun" did Adams send in a letter to Jefferson?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. When did the letters of 1820 begin?
(a) January.
(b) February.
(c) April.
(d) March.

5. Besides the depression, what type of problems were Adams and Jefferson following in England during the post-war world after 1815?
(a) Political.
(b) Social.
(c) Social, economic, and political.
(d) Economic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Overall, how did Adams and Jefferson view the world?

2. How interested in politics were Adams and Jefferson later in life?

3. Who stopped the correspondence, at the end of Chapter 8?

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

5. How did both Adams and Jefferson consider the possibility of establishing a mutually beneficial association with Britain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who won the elections where Adams and Jefferson faced each other, and what did Adams do after hearing the results of the second election, in Chapter 7?

2. What interests did Adams and Jefferson have in the later years of their correspondence?

3. When did Adams and Jefferson pass away, and what thoughts did they have about their lives?

4. Why did Abigail write to Jefferson in 1804?

5. How did Adams and Jefferson describe the world in their later letters?

6. What did Adams and Jefferson think about the century's impact on human nature?

7. How was Adams' political work misinterpreted?

8. What tested the friendship of Adams and Jefferson in 1813?

9. How did Adams and Jefferson find their financial situations later in their lives?

10. How did the correspondence of 1804 stop?

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