John Adams Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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John Adams Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

David McCullough
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is succeeding Benjamin Franklin as minister to France?
(a) George Washington
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) Samuel Adams
(d) John Hancock

3. What was the core message of Adam's "Braintree Instructions"?
(a) No taxation without representation
(b) How to become a lawyer
(c) How to plant a field
(d) How to publish a book

4. In what year is the Second Continental Congress held?
(a) 1775
(b) 1800
(c) 1776
(d) 1774

5. Why is Abigail especially melancholy by another one of John's absences?
(a) She is pregnant
(b) They are short on provisions
(c) The kids are all sick
(d) She must educate the children on her own

6. What event occurred in May of 1765 that enraged the colonists?
(a) The Boston Tea Party
(b) The Olive Branch Document
(c) The Stamp Act
(d) The French and Indian War

7. What is the name of John Adams' wife?
(a) Martha
(b) Amy
(c) Abigail
(d) Ann

8. Who helps Adams become acclimated to living in Paris?
(a) Silas Deane
(b) Franklin Bache
(c) Francois Ledeaux
(d) Benjamin Franklin

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

10. Who did Adams say depended on Congress' decision to split from England?
(a) Unborn generations
(b) New England
(c) His church
(d) His family

11. Which of the Americans was the first to sign the Treaty of Paris?
(a) Benjamin Franklin
(b) John Adams
(c) Henry Laurens
(d) Thomas Jefferson

12. How long did it take for the Declaration of Independence document to be printed for signatures?
(a) 1 month
(b) 1 day
(c) 1 hour
(d) 1 week

13. Who accompanies Adams to England?
(a) Nabby
(b) Thomas
(c) Abigail
(d) Johnny and Charles

14. How old was Benjamin Franklin at the time of the Second Continental Congress?
(a) 70
(b) 75
(c) 65
(d) 50

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which French Minister favored Franklin to Adams?

2. To whom is the Adams family farm rented?

3. What was the Olive Branch Petition?

4. References to what subject were removed from the declaration?

5. What major disease was running rampant in 1776?

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