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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Adams and Jefferson work well together at the Continental Congress?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1774.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1776.

2. 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 want to be a diplomat anymore.
(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 think there was a point in working with the English.

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

4. In what country was Adams a diplomat in the 1780s?
(a) Italy.
(b) England.
(c) Prussia.
(d) France.

5. When did Adams and Jefferson meet to talk about a new loan for the U.S.?
(a) Early 1788.
(b) Early 1789.
(c) Late 1788.
(d) Late 1789.

6. What did the British do while Jefferson was trying to secure the commercial treaty, in Chapter 4?
(a) They delayed and showed indifference.
(b) They showed indifference, but did not delay.
(c) They neither delayed nor showed indifference.
(d) They delayed, but did not show indifference.

7. As mentioned in Chapter 4, when did Jefferson visit England on Adams' request?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1784.
(c) 1787.
(d) 1786.

8. Along with the Dutch loan that Adams secured, what was the percentage to transfer the debt from France to Holland?
(a) One percent.
(b) Fourteen percent.
(c) Five percent.
(d) Ten percent.

9. At what time did Adams and Abigail return to Boston?
(a) Mid-1788.
(b) Late 1788.
(c) Early 1789.
(d) Early 1788.

10. In the order of the U.S. Presidents, when did John Adams and Thomas Jefferson hold the office respectively?
(a) They were the second and third Presidents.
(b) They were the fourth and eighth Presidents.
(c) They were the third and fourth Presidents.
(d) They were the second and eighth Presidents.

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

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

13. How did Adams respond to Jefferson's suggestion to Congress about solving the situation with the Barbary pirates?
(a) He did not support it.
(b) He supported it entirely.
(c) He supported it in a practical way.
(d) He only supported it slightly.

14. What age was Jefferson when he met Adams?
(a) Thirty four.
(b) Thirty six.
(c) Thirty two.
(d) Thirty eight.

15. How many years after the Declaration of Independence did Adams and Jefferson pass away?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not included in Jefferson's description in the Introduction?

2. At Adams' request, what did Jefferson send during negotiations with the Portuguese?

3. Which month was the first letter in Chapter 3 written?

4. When did Jefferson return to France in Chapter 4 and begin writing to Adams again?

5. How long was Adams the Commissioner to France?

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