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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Adams and Jefferson use to support their positions in the letters?
(a) Cases from history and literature.
(b) Literature and other people's opinions.
(c) Cases from history, other people's opinions, and literature.
(d) Cases from history and other people's opinions.

3. Which letters include less philosophical topics, such as whale-oil and tobacco contracts?
(a) The letters during 1801.
(b) The letters both before and after 1801.
(c) The letters before 1801.
(d) The letters after 1801.

4. When did Richard Henry Lee propose the resolution that Congress should secede from Britain?
(a) June 4th.
(b) June 7th.
(c) July 4th.
(d) July 7th.

5. What group was Adams a member of when he helped in the reconciliation with Great Britain in 1776?
(a) The American Delegation.
(b) The American Ambassadors.
(c) The American Representatives.
(d) The American Commission.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Jefferson a governor?

3. Why did Adams and Jefferson have little tolerance for moderates?

4. Which years were the letters written that are included in Chapter 1?

5. Where did Adams observe Jefferson's presidency?

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