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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1784, how much experience did Adams have in diplomacy?
(a) Five years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Five months.
(d) Seven months.

2. What group was Adams a member of when he helped in the reconciliation with Great Britain in 1776?
(a) The American Delegation.
(b) The American Representatives.
(c) The American Commission.
(d) The American Ambassadors.

3. Where was Jefferson the governor?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Maryland.

4. Why did Jefferson think that Adams had requested to leave his position as diplomat and return to the U.S.?
(a) Because he did not think there was a point in working with the English.
(b) Because he did not like the economy in England.
(c) Because he did not like the behavior of the English.
(d) Because he did not want to be a diplomat anymore.

5. When did Jefferson return to France in Chapter 4 and begin writing to Adams again?
(a) The end of April.
(b) The beginning of April.
(c) The end of October.
(d) The beginning of October.

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

7. Where did Adams go to help secure formal recognition of American independence?
(a) Paris.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Naples.
(d) London.

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

9. What did Adams caution Jefferson about at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Increasing trade with Europe.
(b) Reducing trade with Europe.
(c) Getting too involved with European politics.
(d) Ignoring European politics.

10. Written by Adams, when were the Novanglus letters published anonymously?
(a) January, 1774.
(b) February, 1774.
(c) January, 1775.
(d) February, 1775.

11. 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 an Original Member of the House of Burgesses.
(d) By a Founding Member of the House of Burgesses.

12. Where did Adams and Jefferson meet?
(a) Washington.
(b) Philadeplhia.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

13. Which other country did Congress authorize a treaty with after the treaty with Prussia?
(a) Austria.
(b) Italy.
(c) Ireland.
(d) France.

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

15. Where did Adams travel as a Diplomat in 1778?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What things did Jefferson think governed Algiers?

2. What age was Jefferson when he met Adams?

3. Which of the following was the result of the Dutch loan secured by Adams?

4. In the order of the U.S. Presidents, when did John Adams and Thomas Jefferson hold the office respectively?

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

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