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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many years were covered, by the letters included in Chapter 11?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

3. What did Adams and Jefferson think their age would help?
(a) Credibility.
(b) Preventing future wars.
(c) Posterity.
(d) Protecting Independence.

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

5. How many differences were resolved between the Adamses and Jefferson, by the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Some, but not all.
(b) Only one.
(c) Two.
(d) All of them.

6. What year were the letters in Chapter 10 written?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1814.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1813.

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

8. Which year was the last letter in Chapter 11 written?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1817.
(c) 1814.
(d) 1816.

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

10. How many letters were exchanged between Adams and Jefferson between 1796 and 1801?
(a) None.
(b) A couple.
(c) Several.
(d) A few.

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

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

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

14. What did Jefferson think the electorate had the ability to select?
(a) The wise and experienced.
(b) The good, wise, and experienced.
(c) The good and experienced.
(d) The good and wise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, how was Adams' outlook on the future dealings with aristocracy?

2. How many abdications did Napoleon have?

3. During the time that Jefferson served as secretary of state, how many letters did he write to Adams about foreign policy?

4. What did Adams and Jefferson think about their past differences later in life?

5. How did Jefferson react to Adams' election to the vice-presidency?

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