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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. Which was the only element of the Adamses house not in need of desperate tending?
(a) Garden
(b) House
(c) Servants
(d) Furniture

2. How long did it take for letters to cross the Atlantic?
(a) 3 months
(b) 4 months
(c) 6 months
(d) 2 months

3. What does Adams call Benjamin Franklin after Franklin attempts to muddy Adams' reputation?
(a) The Village Idiot
(b) The Philanderer
(c) The Imposter
(d) The Old Conjurer

4. In what Paris suburb did the Adamses find a house for their stay in France?
(a) Passy
(b) Auteuil
(c) Arcueil
(d) Neuilly

5. Who does Nabby marry in 1786?
(a) Franklin Bache
(b) Marquis de Lafayette
(c) James Hemings
(d) Col. William Stephens Smith

Short Answer Questions

1. Which American envoy disliked both Adams and Franklin?

2. What British officer did Adams and Franklin travel to meet?

3. What is Novangelus?

4. What did the Adamses find when they returned to Boston?

5. Where was the boarding school in which Adams enrolled his sons located?

(see the answer key)

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