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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did John Adams go to college?
(a) Yale.
(b) MIT.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Brown.

2. Who was elected president in 1800?
(a) Franklin.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Adams.
(d) Jefferson.

3. Which state, at the time of the debate, had the largest free-black population?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Virginia.
(d) New York.

4. What office did John Adams have in George Washington's Presidency?
(a) Secretary of Agriculture.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Vice President.
(d) Ambassador to Germany.

5. What is one significance of the debate in 1790 over the Quaker petitions?
(a) It represented the first time a state delegation was involved in federal politics.
(b) It was the first time the Quakers became involved in politics.
(c) It was the first time pro-slavery and abolitionist views had been so clearly outlined in a national venue.
(d) It was the first time the division of church and state arisen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What acts are considered to be the worst blunders of the John Adams presidency?

2. Who was Burr's second in the duel?

3. What was the subject of the petitions to the House of Representatives that caused so much controversy on February 11, 1790?

4. Why did the duel take place in such an out of the way location?

5. What, in the author's opinion, is the main mystery about the duel?

(see the answer key)

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