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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 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

2. What topic did Jefferson refuse to debate with Adams?
(a) Taxes
(b) Indiscretions
(c) Monarchies
(d) Slavery

3. Who does Washington name as Secretary of State?
(a) Henry Knox
(b) Alexander Hamilton
(c) John Jay
(d) Thomas Jefferson

4. By what name do some of Adams' opponents call him?
(a) The Village Idiot
(b) Farmer Brown
(c) The Little Napoleon
(d) The President by Three Votes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Adamses find when they returned to Boston?

2. What happens when John and Abigail lose their life savings in imprudent investments?

3. What statement did Washington add to his presidential oath of office?

4. Who is appointed commander in chief of the new provisional army?

5. What did Abigail say she felt like when setting out to join John in Philadelphia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the Adamses met when they returned to Boston after living in Europe for so long?

2. What was the state of the country when Adams turned it over to Jefferson?

3. What were John and Abigail's concerns for their children during this period?

4. How could the first half of Adams' administration be described?

5. What were the Adamses first observations of life in London?

6. Explain why the Alien and Sedition Acts were so critical at this time when war with France was possibly imminent.

7. What were the circumstances of Abigail's death?

8. Explain the poignancy of the deaths of Adams and Jefferson.

9. What were the personal and professional losses Adams experienced in the fall of 1800?

10. What did Adams learn was Jefferson's true position on slavery?

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