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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What precipitates Abigail's sailing to London?
(a) She and John are going on a second honeymoon
(b) She wants Nabby to have an English education
(c) John is ill and needs her
(d) John is appointed Ambassador to the British Court

3. What morbid premonition of Abigail's comes true in July of 1777?
(a) She delivers a stillborn daughter
(b) John is taken prisoner
(c) Their home is torched
(d) Her sister dies

4. What made Jefferson decide to accept a position in Paris?
(a) A drive to serve his country
(b) Passion for learning new things
(c) Boredom at home
(d) The death of his wife

5. In what city was the Declaration of Independence approved?
(a) New York
(b) Philadelphia
(c) Boston
(d) Trenton

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the objectives of the Second Continental Congress?

2. What illness strikes many, including Washington, in May of 1790?

3. What does Adams call Benjamin Franklin after Franklin attempts to muddy Adams' reputation?

4. Who does Washington name as Secretary of State?

5. When was the Boston Tea Party?

(see the answer key)

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