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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As mentioned in Chapter 4, when did Jefferson visit England on Adams' request?
(a) 1786.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1784.
(d) 1785.

2. What did Dr. Rush do in an attempt to convince Adams and Jefferson to begin corresponding again?
(a) He wrote letters only to Jefferson.
(b) He wrote letters only to Adams.
(c) He wrote letters to both Adams and Jefferson.
(d) He wrote letters to the other friends of Adams and Jefferson.

3. Why was the whale fishery lowered during the War of Independence?
(a) Its markets expanded too quickly.
(b) Its supplies were limited.
(c) Its markets shrank.
(d) Its supplies were unavailable.

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 politics.
(d) They resented Britain's navigation acts.

5. When was Jefferson a governor?
(a) From 1778 to 1780.
(b) From 1777 to 1778.
(c) From 1780 to 1782.
(d) From 1779 to 1781.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Adams and Jefferson begin reading voraciously?

2. In order to design a trade treatise, what position was Jefferson given by Congress in 1784?

3. What did Adams caution Jefferson about at the end of Chapter 3?

4. When did Richard Henry Lee propose the resolution that Congress should secede from Britain?

5. What did Vergennes lend to the U.S.?

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