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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did John Adams nominate to command the Continental army?
(a) George Washington
(b) Samuel Adams
(c) John Dickinson
(d) William Pierce

2. What did Abigail call John when his letters lost their romantic ardor?
(a) An ice chunk
(b) A frozen Laplander
(c) A north wind
(d) An igloo

3. Who becomes a threat to U.S. shipping and trade?
(a) Barbary pirates
(b) Somali pirates
(c) British port authority
(d) French navy

4. Which of the following did Abigail not find Paris to be?
(a) Stinking
(b) Uncultured
(c) Filthy
(d) Splendid

5. ___________________ wrote that "These are the times that try men's souls."
(a) George Washington
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Samuel Adams
(d) Thomas Paine

Short Answer Questions

1. To what position is Adams appointed?

2. Which was the only element of the Adamses house not in need of desperate tending?

3. Which American envoy was sending secret messages to London?

4. Who wrote A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America?

5. Who was the captain of the ship taking Adams to Europe?

(see the answer key)

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