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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did the letters in Chapter 9 begin?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1811.

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

3. When did Adams think even an aristocracy of virtue could be corrupted?
(a) If elected or unelected.
(b) If elected.
(c) If elected for long periods of time.
(d) If elected for short periods of time.

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

5. What did Adams and Jefferson blame Napoleon for?
(a) The commercial interests of the North and South.
(b) The political interests of the West.
(c) The commercial interests of other countries.
(d) The political interests of the East.

6. How much time had passed before Abigail wrote Jefferson a letter?
(a) Three and a half years.
(b) Four and a half years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Four years.

7. What assumption was the starting point of Adams' work about political theory?
(a) Politicians were not self-interested.
(b) Politicians were self-interested.
(c) Laws were not irreversible.
(d) Laws were irreversible.

8. How did Adams and Jefferson think the conditions were in the eighteenth century?
(a) Improved for all.
(b) Changed slightly.
(c) Changed drastically.
(d) Improved in some ways.

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

10. How did the communication between Adams and Jefferson resume?
(a) Jefferson wrote to Adams.
(b) The had a conversation at a political meeting.
(c) They both wrote to each other at the same time.
(d) Adams wrote to Jefferson.

11. How many abdications did Napoleon have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

12. What was Dr. Rush's view of the estrangement of Adams and Jefferson?
(a) He thought it was most likely irreconcilable.
(b) He thought it was a tragedy.
(c) He thought it was necessary for the two to become better friends.
(d) He thought it was necessary for the two to understand each other better.

13. Based on Adams' explanation, when did aristocracies exist?
(a) In specific times of the past.
(b) In the past.
(c) In the present.
(d) In all times.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jefferson's opinion of Adams' philosophy of government, in Chapter 8?

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

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

4. Which year was the last letter in Chapter 11 written?

5. How many letters were exchanged between Adams and Jefferson between 1796 and 1801?

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