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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many missions were made to Algiers to deal with the Barbary pirates?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

2. When did Jefferson step down as secretary of state?
(a) 1792.
(b) 1791.
(c) 1793.
(d) 1794.

3. What assumption was the starting point of Adams' work about political theory?
(a) Politicians were self-interested.
(b) Laws were irreversible.
(c) Laws were not irreversible.
(d) Politicians were not self-interested.

4. Why was Portugal open to American overtures?
(a) They resented Britain's economic acts.
(b) They resented Britain's policies with the U.S.
(c) They resented Britain's navigation acts.
(d) They resented Britain's politics.

5. Where did Jefferson live after retiring from the secretary of state position?
(a) Suffolk.
(b) Norfolk.
(c) Waynesboro.
(d) Monticello.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impressed Adams about Jefferson?

2. Which of Thomas Paine's published works divided Adams and Jefferson in opinion?

3. What things did Jefferson think governed Algiers?

4. In the Novanglus letters, what did Adams defend for the Bay Colony?

5. Which month was the first letter in Chapter 3 written?

(see the answer key)

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