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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jefferson think the electorate had the ability to select?
(a) The good and wise.
(b) The wise and experienced.
(c) The good, wise, and experienced.
(d) The good and experienced.

2. Along with languages, math, natural science, medicine, and philosophy, what other subjects did the letters recommend for universities?
(a) Government and law.
(b) Government and political economy.
(c) Law, government, and political economy.
(d) Law and political economy.

3. Besides the depression, what type of problems were Adams and Jefferson following in England during the post-war world after 1815?
(a) Social.
(b) Economic.
(c) Social, economic, and political.
(d) Political.

4. When was the first letter written that resumed the correspondence between Adams and Jefferson?
(a) December 31.
(b) July 4.
(c) November 24.
(d) January 1.

5. Why was Portugal open to American overtures?
(a) They resented Britain's policies with the U.S.
(b) They resented Britain's navigation acts.
(c) They resented Britain's politics.
(d) They resented Britain's economic acts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Adams the Commissioner to France?

2. Which year was the last letter in Chapter 11 written?

3. Which other country did Congress authorize a treaty with after the treaty with Prussia?

4. As explained in the letters of Chapter 12, what kind of teaching load was preferred for professors?

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

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