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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following was not included in the description of Dr. Rush?
(a) Signer of the Declaration.
(b) Writing teacher for both Adams and Jefferson.
(c) Mutual friend of Adams and Jefferson.
(d) Well known doctor.

2. Besides letters, what else did Adams and Jefferson write?
(a) Books, poems, and other documents.
(b) Books.
(c) Poems.
(d) Other documents.

3. Which month was the first letter in Chapter 3 written?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) February.
(d) November.

4. How long had Adams and Jefferson served as delegates in the lower house of their local legislatures when they met?
(a) Many years.
(b) A few years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

5. How many abdications did Napoleon have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time that Jefferson served as secretary of state, how many letters did he write to Adams about foreign policy?

2. Which of the following was one of the reasons why Adams wrote the Defense of the Constitutions of the United States?

3. How did Adams and Jefferson approach politics in their letters, in Chapter 9?

4. Why was the whale fishery lowered during the War of Independence?

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

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