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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who designed the layout for the new federal capital?
(a) William Smith
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright
(c) Henry Gates
(d) Thomas Jefferson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. To where is the nation's capital moved in 1800?
(a) New York
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Charleston
(d) Boston

11. Who surprisingly has much in common with John Adams?
(a) The Marquis de Lafayette
(b) The Pope
(c) King George III
(d) King Louis XVI

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

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

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

15. Who is elected Vice President when Adams is elected President?
(a) John Jay
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) Aaron Burr
(d) Alexander Hamilton

Short Answer Questions

1. What interest did Adams and Jefferson share?

2. What does Dr. Rush call Adams and Jefferson?

3. How many children did King George III of England have?

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

5. How long had Adams lived overseas at the time he returns home in 1788?

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