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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With whom does Adams begin a pleasant correspondence through letters?
(a) Dr. Benjamin Rush
(b) Nabby Adams Smith
(c) Martha Washington
(d) John Jay

4. What is the name of the Adams family farm in Quincy?
(a) Stoneyfield
(b) Valleyview
(c) Belle Monde
(d) Monticello

5. What interest did Adams and Jefferson share?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Books
(c) Wine
(d) Horses

6. What do Adams and Jefferson do to take a break from diplomatic matters?
(a) Go fishing
(b) Tour British historical sites
(c) Tour English gardens
(d) Go to bookstores

7. What is the state of Nabby's marriage?
(a) Very happy
(b) Troubled
(c) Content
(d) Separated

8. What did Abigail say she felt like when setting out to join John in Philadelphia?
(a) A dutiful wife
(b) The prodigal son
(c) The good samaritan
(d) Noah's dove returning to the ark

9. What U.S. institution is established in 1800?
(a) The Liberty Bell
(b) The Capitol building
(c) The Smithsonian Institution
(d) The Library of Congress

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 did Adams perceive the Vice Presidency?

3. What was a main topic of discussion among New Englanders during 1814?

4. What topic did Jefferson refuse to debate with Adams?

5. How many months did Adams govern from his Quincy home instead of Philadelphia in 1799?

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