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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what state does Adams find Washington when he arrives?
(a) Barren and dry
(b) A mosquito-infested swamp
(c) Bleak and abandoned
(d) Glittering in the sun

4. Of what disease does Charles Adams die?
(a) Cirrhosis
(b) Malaria
(c) Diabetes
(d) Cancer

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

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

7. 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

8. How long had Adams lived overseas at the time he returns home in 1788?
(a) 5 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 7 years

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

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

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

12. What is Adams' conclusion about keeping Washington's cabinet?
(a) He was still undecided
(b) It was a mistake
(c) He had not considered it yet
(d) It was a good decision

13. 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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what disease does Abigail die?

2. What is Adams' main objective during this period of his presidency?

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

4. Who led the opposition effort against Adams?

5. To what did John Quincy attribute the fact that Jefferson and his father died on the same day?

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