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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What precipitates Abigail's sailing to London?
(a) John is ill and needs her
(b) John is appointed Ambassador to the British Court
(c) She wants Nabby to have an English education
(d) She and John are going on a second honeymoon

2. What is a Te Deum?
(a) A religious service
(b) An opera
(c) A French food
(d) A dance

3. In what year was John Adams born?
(a) 1755
(b) 1735
(c) 1722
(d) 1745

4. Which of the delegates led a movement to reconcile with England?
(a) John Dickinson
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) John Penn
(d) John Hancock

5. What did the members of Congress feel about Adams?
(a) He was the first among them
(b) He was too provincial
(c) He was not intellectual
(d) He was a major irritant

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the captain of the ship taking Adams to Europe?

2. Who is succeeding Benjamin Franklin as minister to France?

3. Who helps Adams become acclimated to living in Paris?

4. Why is Abigail especially melancholy by another one of John's absences?

5. Who is appointed as Adams' official secretary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Abigail's first impressions of London after her arrival?

2. What was Adams' experience at the Second Continental Congress which began in February of 1776?

3. Describe John Adams.

4. Explain the toll that Adams' work in Congress is taking on his personal life.

5. What were Abigail's overall impressions of Paris?

6. What did Adams do upon arriving in France?

7. What fortuitous meeting did Abigail have before sailing from Boston?

8. Where is Adams headed when the book opens?

9. What was Adams' overall opinion of the First Continental Congress?

10. Why did Adams move to Holland?

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