John Adams Test | Final Test - Easy

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John Adams Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What prevented Adams from attending his mother's funeral?
(a) Religious differences
(b) The prospect of war
(c) Threatening weather
(d) A long-standing feud

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

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

8. What illness strikes many, including Washington, in May of 1790?
(a) Scarlet fever
(b) Polio
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Influenza

9. Who led the anti-American initiatives in England?
(a) Loyalists
(b) Tories
(c) Sentimentalists
(d) Independents

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

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

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

13. 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

14. Which of the following topics did Jefferson and Adams discuss?
(a) Education
(b) Jefferson's finances
(c) Sally Hemings
(d) Alcohol

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the state of Nabby's marriage?

2. What prompts Abigail to write to Jefferson after 17 years of silence?

3. To what does Abigail compare John when he is deluged with opposition in Philadelphia?

4. How does Adams now occupy his time?

5. With whom does Adams begin a pleasant correspondence through letters?

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