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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 have no interest in any more public office
(b) They have not thought about it yet
(c) They will entertain all offers
(d) There are a few positions they would consider

2. Which city has hopes of becoming the country's permanent capital?
(a) New York
(b) Boston
(c) Philadelphia
(d) Charleston

3. Who led the opposition effort against Adams?
(a) Aaron Burr
(b) Alexander Hamilton
(c) John Pickering
(d) Thomas Jefferson

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

5. For what reason did Adams will himself to stay alive?
(a) To see John Quincy elected president
(b) To observe the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
(c) To see his great grandchildren
(d) He promised Abigail

6. Who is Sally Hemings?
(a) Abigail's new dressmaker
(b) Nabby's best friend
(c) Jefferson's slave with whom he reportedly had an intimate relationship for many years
(d) The housekeeper at Stoneyfield

7. ____________________ is eulogized as "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen."
(a) Adams
(b) Franklin
(c) Washington
(d) Jefferson

8. What prompts Abigail to write to Jefferson after 17 years of silence?
(a) John's terminal illness diagnosis
(b) The death of his daughter, Polly
(c) The death of their daughter, Nabby
(d) Her terminal illness diagnosis

9. What does Dr. Rush call Adams and Jefferson?
(a) The North and South Poles of the American Revolution
(b) Two old fools
(c) The salt of the earth
(d) America's finest

10. What near-fatal illness does Abigail contract?
(a) Typhoid fever
(b) Malaria
(c) Scarlet fever
(d) Influenza

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

12. What did many people do at Washington's departure?
(a) Cheer
(b) Scream
(c) Revolt
(d) Weep

13. What statement did Washington add to his presidential oath of office?
(a) United we stand, divided we fall.
(b) Give me liberty or give me death.
(c) God bless the United States of America
(d) So help me God.

14. Who was the artist of the famous painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence?
(a) Rembrandt
(b) John Trumbull
(c) Andrew Wyeth
(d) John Singer Sargent

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What interest did Adams and Jefferson share?

2. Of what disease does Abigail die?

3. Who is killed in a duel with Aaron burr in 1804?

4. How does Thomas Jefferson now view Adams?

5. To where is the nation's capital moved in 1800?

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