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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time had passed before Abigail wrote Jefferson a letter?
(a) Four years.
(b) Four and a half years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Three and a half years.

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

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

4. In the Novanglus letters, what did Adams defend for the Bay Colony?
(a) The trade agreements.
(b) The economic status.
(c) The authority to resist British oppression.
(d) The decision to have elections.

5. Along with Adams and Jefferson, how many other people were on the committee assigned to write the Declaration of Independence?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What assumption was the starting point of Adams' work about political theory?

2. How did Adams consider the U.S. Constitution?

3. Which type of issues did Adams and Jefferson discuss primarily when their correspondence resumed?

4. How was Jefferson received in the England court as he tried to secure a commercial treaty?

5. What did Adams and Jefferson think about Great Britain in Chapter 3?

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