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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jefferson do to upset the Adamses?
(a) He released Callendar from prison.
(b) He gave Callendar a loan.
(c) He transferred Callendar to a better prison.
(d) He gave Callendar a job.

2. How long before their deaths did Adams and Jefferson write to each other?
(a) Three months.
(b) One month.
(c) Four months.
(d) Two months.

3. Which political concern did Adams have, in Chapter 10?
(a) How to change aristocracy.
(b) How to discourage aristocracy.
(c) How to end aristocracy.
(d) How to control aristocracy.

4. What year did both Adams and Jefferson pass away?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1826.

5. What year was the "revolution" that the differences in the rival parties were leading to, in Chapter 8?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1799.

6. What happened to the letter that Jefferson wrote to congratulate Adams when the election was over, before the results were known?
(a) It was never mailed.
(b) It was read by Adams quickly.
(c) It was lost in the mail.
(d) It was intercepted by Madison.

7. How many pieces of "Homespun" did Adams send in a letter to Jefferson?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

8. Who stopped the correspondence, at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Neither Abigail nor Jefferson.
(d) It was mutual.

9. Where did Jefferson live after retiring from the secretary of state position?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) Monticello.
(c) Waynesboro.
(d) Suffolk.

10. When did Jefferson establish the University of Virginia?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1820.

11. What year did Adams and Jefferson become sick?
(a) 1816.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1817.

12. When were the public school systems set up in Virginia?
(a) The 1890s.
(b) The 1880s.
(c) The 1870s.
(d) The 1860s.

13. Which one of the following was not included in the description of Dr. Rush?
(a) Well known doctor.
(b) Signer of the Declaration.
(c) Writing teacher for both Adams and Jefferson.
(d) Mutual friend of Adams and Jefferson.

14. What was Jefferson's opinion of Adams' philosophy of government, in Chapter 8?
(a) That he was too complicated.
(b) That he was too elitist.
(c) That he was not an elitist.
(d) That he was too vague.

15. When did Abigail Adams pass away from typhoid fever?
(a) 1819.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1816.
(d) 1817.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Thomas Paine's published works divided Adams and Jefferson in opinion?

2. Which of the following did Adams give up in order to focus on the classics?

3. Which one of the following was not provided as a reason for Jefferson's monetary issues?

4. When did Adams think even an aristocracy of virtue could be corrupted?

5. What month did Jefferson's daughter pass away?

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