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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. Why is Abigail especially melancholy by another one of John's absences?
(a) She is pregnant
(b) They are short on provisions
(c) She must educate the children on her own
(d) The kids are all sick

2. Who did Adams say depended on Congress' decision to split from England?
(a) His family
(b) His church
(c) Unborn generations
(d) New England

3. To what country does Adams move to seek financial aid?
(a) Spain
(b) Germany
(c) Italy
(d) Holland

4. What was the assumed British knowledge about Adams?
(a) He would be president
(b) He would be District Attorney
(c) He was powerless
(d) He would be hanged

5. What major disease was running rampant in 1776?
(a) Bubonic plague
(b) Measles
(c) Diptheria
(d) Smallpox

Short Answer Questions

1. Which American envoy disliked both Adams and Franklin?

2. What did the members of Congress feel about Adams?

3. To what position is Adams appointed in October of 1778?

4. What serious illness strikes Adams during his time in Holland?

5. To what town does Adams move his family in 1771?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Adams come to realize about the tensions among the American envoys in Paris?

3. What were Adams' initial observations about Paris?

4. What historic event severely wounded Adams' law practice in Boston?

5. Where is Adams headed when the book opens?

6. What did Adams do upon arriving in France?

7. How did Adams spend his time while in Paris in the spring and summer?

8. Describe John Adams.

9. What was the final perception of Adams' role in the fight for independence?

10. Explain some of Adams' immediate issues as Head of the War Department.

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