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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the members of Congress feel about Adams?
(a) He was the first among them
(b) He was a major irritant
(c) He was not intellectual
(d) He was too provincial

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

3. Why did Benjamin Franklin go to Canada during this time?
(a) To go hunting
(b) To see family members
(c) To determine if Canda would become the 14th colony
(d) To intervene in the French and Indian War

4. In what year does this chapter begin?
(a) 1775
(b) 1812
(c) 1776
(d) 1774

5. What was the assumed British knowledge about Adams?
(a) He was powerless
(b) He would be president
(c) He would be District Attorney
(d) He would be hanged

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was reputed to be the wisest and most influential member of the Continental Congress?

2. What precipitates the British leaving Boston Harbor in 1776?

3. What major disease was running rampant in 1776?

4. In what location does the book begin?

5. What was the Olive Branch Petition?

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