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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did France respond to the complications and complaints of the whale-oil fishery?
(a) They banned oil trading.
(b) They increased whaling.
(c) They increased oil trading.
(d) They banned whaling.

2. What things did Jefferson think governed Algiers?
(a) Money and fear.
(b) Money and cowardice.
(c) Fear and cowardice.
(d) Money, fear, and cowardice.

3. Why did the Europeans ironically permit the Barbary piracy?
(a) They were unaware of the piracy.
(b) They were afraid of the pirates.
(c) They thought they would benefit from the destruction of trade between other nations.
(d) They hired the pirates and dictated their activity.

4. Where did Adams negotiate with the Portuguese?
(a) Paris.
(b) Zurich.
(c) London.
(d) Naples.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the last letter in Chapter 4 written?

2. Along with the Dutch loan that Adams secured, what was the percentage to transfer the debt from France to Holland?

3. What group was Adams a member of when he helped in the reconciliation with Great Britain in 1776?

4. How much of a concern was Prussia for Adams and Jefferson between 1785 and 1786?

5. Along with Adams and Jefferson, how many other people were on the committee assigned to write the Declaration of Independence?

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