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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Jefferson step down as secretary of state?
(a) 1794.
(b) 1793.
(c) 1791.
(d) 1792.

2. How old was Adams when he met Jefferson?
(a) Thirty seven.
(b) Thirty nine.
(c) Thirty two.
(d) Thirty four.

3. How did Adams respond to Jefferson's suggestion to Congress about solving the situation with the Barbary pirates?
(a) He supported it in a practical way.
(b) He only supported it slightly.
(c) He supported it entirely.
(d) He did not support it.

4. Who stopped the correspondence, at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Neither Abigail nor Jefferson.
(b) It was mutual.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Abigail.

5. What did the British do while Jefferson was trying to secure the commercial treaty, in Chapter 4?
(a) They delayed, but did not show indifference.
(b) They delayed and showed indifference.
(c) They showed indifference, but did not delay.
(d) They neither delayed nor showed indifference.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which letters include less philosophical topics, such as whale-oil and tobacco contracts?

2. Why did Jefferson think that Adams had requested to leave his position as diplomat and return to the U.S.?

3. Which of Thomas Paine's published works divided Adams and Jefferson in opinion?

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

5. What was Jefferson's opinion of Adams' philosophy of government, in Chapter 8?

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