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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was Adams the Commissioner to France?
(a) From 1774 to 1776.
(b) From 1775 to 1779.
(c) From 1777 to 1779.
(d) From 1774 to 1778.

2. How much of a concern was Prussia for Adams and Jefferson between 1785 and 1786?
(a) No concern.
(b) A major concern.
(c) The only concern.
(d) A minor concern.

3. How was Adams described in the Introduction?
(a) Short, slender, and jovial.
(b) Short, slender, and reserved.
(c) Short, round, and jovial.
(d) Short, round, and reserved.

4. Where was Jefferson the governor?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 1, which of Adams' skills stood out to Jefferson?
(a) His oratorical ability and sound head.
(b) His oratorical and writing ability, and sound head.
(c) His oratorical and writing ability.
(d) His writing ability and sound head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which obstacles of Independence concerned Adams and Jefferson in 1777?

2. When did Adams think material improvements were changing people?

3. What alarmed Adams and Jefferson about the looting by the Barbary States?

4. Why was Jefferson's future job suspended in 1783?

5. What impressed Adams about Jefferson?

(see the answer key)

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