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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what did John Quincy attribute the fact that Jefferson and his father died on the same day?
(a) Divine favor toward the U.S.
(b) A tremendous bond between friends
(c) The power of the human spirit
(d) A tribute to freedom

2. Of what disease does Abigail die?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Cancer
(c) Typhoid fever
(d) Malaria

3. Which of the following topics did Jefferson and Adams discuss?
(a) Sally Hemings
(b) Jefferson's finances
(c) Education
(d) Alcohol

4. What is King George III's demeanor toward Adams in their first formal meeting?
(a) Cruel
(b) Cordial
(c) Sarcastic
(d) Dismissive

5. Who did Adams fear would lead a military coup and return the country to British rule?
(a) Pickering
(b) Hamilton
(c) Jay
(d) Jefferson

6. To what government office is John Quincy elected after returning from Europe?
(a) U.S. Congress
(b) Mayor of Quincy
(c) Massachusetts Senate
(d) Governor of Massachusetts

7. Who did Washington choose to help organize the new army?
(a) Alexander Hamilton
(b) William Smith
(c) George Logan
(d) John Quincy Adams

8. With what disease is Nabby diagnosed?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Cirrhosis
(c) Diabetes
(d) Breast cancer

9. By what name do some of Adams' opponents call him?
(a) The Village Idiot
(b) The Little Napoleon
(c) The President by Three Votes
(d) Farmer Brown

10. Of what disease does Charles Adams die?
(a) Diabetes
(b) Malaria
(c) Cirrhosis
(d) Cancer

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

12. What does Adams call Washington in a letter written a year earlier that surfaces and is printed in a newspaper?
(a) Anarchist
(b) Apostate
(c) Derelict
(d) Devotee

13. What illness strikes many, including Washington, in May of 1790?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Influenza
(c) Polio
(d) Scarlet fever

14. How many children did King George III of England have?
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 15
(d) 10

15. What was a main topic of discussion among New Englanders during 1814?
(a) Shipping prices
(b) Secession from the union
(c) Crop prices
(d) Maritime pirates

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America?

2. How did Adams perceive the Vice Presidency?

3. Who was Adams especially glad to see?

4. Who does Washington name as Secretary of State?

5. Who is William Steuben Smith?

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