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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is John and Abigail's position on political office after Adams leaves the presidency?
(a) They will entertain all offers
(b) There are a few positions they would consider
(c) They have no interest in any more public office
(d) They have not thought about it yet

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

3. How many months did Adams govern from his Quincy home instead of Philadelphia in 1799?
(a) 7
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 2

4. Who wrote A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America?
(a) George Washington
(b) John Adams
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) William Pierce

5. What prevented Adams from attending his mother's funeral?
(a) Religious differences
(b) A long-standing feud
(c) The prospect of war
(d) Threatening weather

6. Why does Adams say that Vice President is the only position he will accept?
(a) He is a better administrator than leader
(b) Washington will surely be elected President and anything else is beneath him
(c) He is tired of public office
(d) He does not want to be President

7. What is the name of the Adamses new grandchild born to John Quincy and Louisa Catherine Adams?
(a) Abigail Elizabeth Adams
(b) George Washington Adams
(c) Charles Quincy Adams
(d) John Quincy Adams II

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

9. On what day did both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die?
(a) July 4, 1826
(b) June 30, 1825
(c) December 25, 1826
(d) July 1, 1826

10. What event takes American by surprise in 1789?
(a) The death of King George III
(b) The resignation of Thomas Jefferson
(c) The French and Indian War
(d) The French Revolution

11. Who is appointed commander in chief of the new provisional army?
(a) John Howe
(b) Alexander Hamilton
(c) William Smith
(d) George Washington

12. How did Adams perceive the Vice Presidency?
(a) A civilized way to pass time
(b) A do-nothing job
(c) A great honor
(d) A monument to service

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

14. What addition did the Adamses make to their home?
(a) Furniture
(b) Portraits
(c) Bedrooms
(d) Piano

15. Where does John take Abigail for a five-week tour?
(a) Italy
(b) Holland
(c) Spain
(d) Ireland

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adams call Washington in a letter written a year earlier that surfaces and is printed in a newspaper?

2. How does Thomas Jefferson now view Adams?

3. What prompts Abigail to write to Jefferson after 17 years of silence?

4. Why was Adams so pleased with John Quincy's appointment as Secretary of State?

5. What did Abigail say she felt like when setting out to join John in Philadelphia?

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