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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Adams and Jefferson think the conditions were in the eighteenth century?
(a) Improved for all.
(b) Changed drastically.
(c) Changed slightly.
(d) Improved in some ways.

2. How did Jefferson react to Adams' election to the vice-presidency?
(a) He was confused.
(b) He was pleased.
(c) He had no reaction.
(d) He was surprised.

3. How long were Adams and Jefferson apart before they met on August 7th of 1784?
(a) Five years.
(b) Four and a half years.
(c) Five and a half years.
(d) Four years.

4. Why did the friendship between Adams and Jefferson begin to strain severely?
(a) They were members of different parties.
(b) They were in disagreement over the country's overall direction.
(c) They were not writing enough letters.
(d) They were writing too many letters.

5. How was France's old regime described in 1787?
(a) Collapsed.
(b) Halfway collapsed.
(c) Just starting to collapse.
(d) Near collapse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did France respond to the complications and complaints of the whale-oil fishery?

2. What did the British do while Jefferson was trying to secure the commercial treaty, in Chapter 4?

3. Who stopped the correspondence, at the end of Chapter 8?

4. What did Vergennes lend to the U.S.?

5. In Chapter 10, how was Adams' outlook on the future dealings with aristocracy?

(see the answer key)

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