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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 addition did the Adamses make to their home?
(a) Piano
(b) Portraits
(c) Furniture
(d) Bedrooms

2. Who was the artist of the famous painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence?
(a) Rembrandt
(b) John Singer Sargent
(c) John Trumbull
(d) Andrew Wyeth

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

4. What controversial nomination did Adams make as minister plenipotentiary to the French Republic in the matter of negotiating a new treaty?
(a) John Quincy Adams
(b) William Vans Murray
(c) Charles Adams
(d) John Jay

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What interest did Adams and Jefferson share?

2. What was Adams' legacy to his grandchildren?

3. What does Adams abandon after trying for a year?

4. Of what disease does Abigail die?

5. By what name do some of Adams' opponents call him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Adams observe about the new America that had emerged in his absence?

2. What were the major challenges that faced Adams in his position as diplomat in London?

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

4. In what ways did Jefferson undo Adams' accomplishments as president?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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