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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which letters include less philosophical topics, such as whale-oil and tobacco contracts?
(a) The letters before 1801.
(b) The letters both before and after 1801.
(c) The letters after 1801.
(d) The letters during 1801.

2. Which day was it when both Adams and Jefferson passed away?
(a) June 4.
(b) June 10.
(c) July 4.
(d) July 10.

3. What things did Jefferson think governed Algiers?
(a) Fear and cowardice.
(b) Money and fear.
(c) Money and cowardice.
(d) Money, fear, and cowardice.

4. Why were Adams and Jefferson effectively matched in mental power and training?
(a) They both went to the same schools.
(b) They were both trained by the same person.
(c) They were both trained in the law.
(d) They both taught at the same schools.

5. Which years were the letters written that are included in Chapter 1?
(a) 1777 and 1881.
(b) 1775 and 1880.
(c) 1774 and 1879.
(d) 1778 and 1882.

6. When did Adams think material improvements were changing people?
(a) Both during and after the War of 1812.
(b) After the War of 1812.
(c) Before the War of 1812.
(d) During the War of 1812.

7. Why was the whale fishery lowered during the War of Independence?
(a) Its markets expanded too quickly.
(b) Its supplies were unavailable.
(c) Its markets shrank.
(d) Its supplies were limited.

8. When did the results of the Constitutional Convention ion 1787 reach Adams and Jefferson?
(a) June.
(b) November.
(c) February.
(d) September.

9. What did Adams and Jefferson use to support their positions in the letters?
(a) Literature and other people's opinions.
(b) Cases from history and other people's opinions.
(c) Cases from history, other people's opinions, and literature.
(d) Cases from history and literature.

10. How was Adams described in the Introduction?
(a) Short, round, and reserved.
(b) Short, slender, and jovial.
(c) Short, round, and jovial.
(d) Short, slender, and reserved.

11. What alarmed Adams and Jefferson about the looting by the Barbary States?
(a) The Europeans' tolerance of it.
(b) The lack of solutions to stop it.
(c) The lack of awareness of it.
(d) The Europeans' encouragement of it.

12. Which of the following was the result of the Dutch loan secured by Adams?
(a) Neither the loan nor the transfer were approved.
(b) The loan was approved, but the transfer was rejected.
(c) The transfer was approved, but the loan was rejected.
(d) Both the loan and the transfer were approved.

13. What type of a letter did Adams write after meeting with the ambassador of Tripoli, in Chapter 4?
(a) Controversial.
(b) Long.
(c) Mocking.
(d) Short.

14. When did Jefferson's wife pass away?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1779.
(d) 1781.

15. In the Novanglus letters, what did Adams defend for the Bay Colony?
(a) The trade agreements.
(b) The authority to resist British oppression.
(c) The decision to have elections.
(d) The economic status.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Adams and Jefferson meet?

3. What did Adams caution Jefferson about at the end of Chapter 3?

4. When was the last letter in Chapter 4 written?

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

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