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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to design a trade treatise, what position was Jefferson given by Congress in 1784?
(a) First Secretary.
(b) Minister plenipotentiary.
(c) Second Secretary.
(d) Minister resident.

2. What year was it when Jefferson attempted to renew his correspondence with Abigail?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1804.

3. What impressed Adams about Jefferson?
(a) His writing ability.
(b) His oratorical ability.
(c) His writing ability and temperament.
(d) His oratorical ability and temperament.

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

5. Before being published anonymously, how did Jefferson's friends refer to his work, the Summary View of the Rights of British America?
(a) By a Native and Founding Member of the House of Burgesses.
(b) By a Native and Member of the House of Burgesses.
(c) By a Founding Member of the House of Burgesses.
(d) By an Original Member of the House of Burgesses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year did the letters in Chapter 9 begin?

3. Which position did Jefferson have when Adams was vice-president?

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

5. How long was Adams the Commissioner to France?

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