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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John find it difficult to do when writing to Abigail?
(a) Ending each letter
(b) Tell her he is staying longer
(c) Betraying his melancholy
(d) Professing his love

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

3. When did Abigail and Nabby arrive in London?
(a) August 20, 1784
(b) July 20, 1785
(c) July 20, 1784
(d) June 20, 1784

4. What did Adams say happened to some of his letters sent to Abigail during this time?
(a) They were "lost to Neptune"
(b) They were intercepted by spies
(c) The were intercepted by the ministry
(d) They were inspected before being mailed

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

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

7. What precipitates the British leaving Boston Harbor in 1776?
(a) The king has recalled them
(b) Illness is running rampant
(c) The Battle of Bunker Hill
(d) They ran out of tea

8. What is ultimately signed on September 3, 1783?
(a) Dutch Amnesty Resolution
(b) The Declaration of Independence
(c) Olive Branch Resolution
(d) The Treaty of Paris

9. What does Adams do when the ship is beached for repairs in Spain?
(a) Waits for the repairs to be finished
(b) Stays in Spain to take Spanish lessons
(c) Hires another ship
(d) Sets off on foot

10. What did Adams call Abigail in addition to being a choice wife?
(a) A physician
(b) A linguist
(c) An herbalist
(d) A stateswoman

11. Who is put in charge of the Adamses financial affairs?
(a) Dr. Cotton Tufts
(b) Benjamin Blackstone, Esq.
(c) Rev. John Higham
(d) Dr. Henry Rush

12. Whose friendship is especially valued by both John and Abigail?
(a) Marie Antoinette
(b) Marquis de Lafayette
(c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) Thomas Jefferson

13. 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

14. To what town does Adams move his family in 1771?
(a) Braintree
(b) Cambridge
(c) Danbury
(d) Groton

15. Where are John Adams and John Bass going as the book begins?
(a) To church
(b) To France
(c) To a town meeting
(d) To visit George Washington

Short Answer Questions

1. To what position is Adams appointed in October of 1778?

2. In what year is the Second Continental Congress held?

3. Who do Abigail and Nabby encounter in Boston?

4. The congress voted that there should be how many legislative bodies in the new government?

5. To what city does Adams go to attend another session of Congress?

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