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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is William Steuben Smith?
(a) The Secretary of the Interior
(b) The new Secretary of State
(c) The Adamses first grandchild
(d) Adams' secretary

2. Who visits with the Adamses for a short while in England?
(a) Benjamin Franklin
(b) The Marquis de Lafayette and his wife
(c) George and Martha Washington
(d) Polly Jefferson and Sally Hemings

3. What is Adams' main objective during this period of his presidency?
(a) Establish a voting system
(b) Abolish slavery
(c) Avoid war with France
(d) Settle the western territory

4. What topic did Jefferson refuse to debate with Adams?
(a) Monarchies
(b) Taxes
(c) Slavery
(d) Indiscretions

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did the Adamses find when they returned to Boston?
(a) Hostility toward the family
(b) A town they did not recognize
(c) Mayhem and confusion
(d) A huge homecoming celebration

11. What happens when John and Abigail lose their life savings in imprudent investments?
(a) They move to town
(b) They buy a smaller farm
(c) John Quincy buys Stoneyfield for them
(d) They move in with John Quincy

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

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

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

15. Who is killed in a duel with Aaron burr in 1804?
(a) John Jay
(b) Alexander Hamilton
(c) Benjamin Arnold
(d) William Pickering

Short Answer Questions

1. What U.S. institution is established in 1800?

2. What illness strikes many, including Washington, in May of 1790?

3. Which of the following topics did Jefferson and Adams discuss?

4. What did many people do at Washington's departure?

5. What does Adams abandon after trying for a year?

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