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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after the Declaration of Independence did Adams and Jefferson pass away?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) Ten.

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

3. What alarmed Adams and Jefferson about the looting by the Barbary States?
(a) The Europeans' encouragement of it.
(b) The Europeans' tolerance of it.
(c) The lack of awareness of it.
(d) The lack of solutions to stop it.

4. Which type of issues did Adams and Jefferson discuss primarily when their correspondence resumed?
(a) Political.
(b) Economical.
(c) Personal.
(d) Philisophical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country was Adams a diplomat in the 1780s?

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

3. When did Adams move to London?

4. Why was Portugal open to American overtures?

5. Besides letters, what else did Adams and Jefferson write?

(see the answer key)

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