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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 serious illness strikes Adams during his time in Holland?
(a) Epilepsy
(b) Chicken Pox
(c) Nervous fever
(d) Swine flu

2. What event causes Congress to flee from Philadelphia?
(a) The Battle of Bunker Hill
(b) The Battle of Saratoga
(c) A smallpox epidemic
(d) The Battle of Brandywine Creek

3. What did Adams believe of the men gathered with him in Philadelphia?
(a) They were mental midgets
(b) They wanted to declare war on France
(c) Their minds were unsurpassed by an in history
(d) They were interested primarily in entertainment events

4. From which country did the United States hope to receive military aid?
(a) Canada
(b) Germany
(c) Italy
(d) France

5. What did the Adamses do before moving to Paris?
(a) Learned French songs
(b) Studied French cooking
(c) Bought French history books
(d) Went sightseeing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John find it difficult to do when writing to Abigail?

2. In what city was the Declaration of Independence approved?

3. Why did Benjamin Franklin go to Canada during this time?

4. What is the name of John Adams' wife?

5. What is the name of Jefferson's Virginia home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Adams marry?

2. What was Adams' relationship with John Quincy during this time?

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

4. What happens to Adams just as he is about to give up his life as a public servant for the government?

5. How did Adams pass his time while on the voyage to France?

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

7. Describe Philadelphia at the time of the First Continental Congress in 1774.

8. Describe John Adams.

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

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

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