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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which year did Adams and Jefferson battle each other for the presidency?
(a) 1796.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1784.
(d) 1788.

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

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

4. What aspects of history did Adams and Jefferson emphasize in their letters?
(a) The psychological aspects.
(b) The economical aspects.
(c) The political aspects.
(d) The philosophical aspects.

5. As explained in the letters of Chapter 12, what kind of teaching load was preferred for professors?
(a) Light to moderate.
(b) Moderate to heavy.
(c) Light.
(d) Moderate.

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

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

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

9. What month did Jefferson's daughter pass away?
(a) March.
(b) July.
(c) April.
(d) June.

10. Which professional school subjects were included, in the letters of Chapter 12?
(a) Military and naval skill, architecture, fine arts, and agriculture.
(b) Military and naval skill, architecture, geology, and agriculture.
(c) Military and naval skill, astronomy, fine arts, and agriculture.
(d) Military and naval skill, architecture, fine arts, and accounting.

11. In Chapter 10, how was Adams' outlook on the future dealings with aristocracy?
(a) He was uncertain.
(b) He was skeptical.
(c) He was concerned.
(d) He was optimisitc.

12. In Chapter 10, how was Jefferson's outlook on the future dealings with aristocracy?
(a) He was optimistic.
(b) He was concerned.
(c) He was skeptical.
(d) He was uncertain.

13. Besides the depression, what type of problems were Adams and Jefferson following in England during the post-war world after 1815?
(a) Political.
(b) Economic.
(c) Social, economic, and political.
(d) Social.

14. When was the last letter in Chapter 8 written?
(a) January.
(b) March.
(c) October.
(d) June.

15. Which of Thomas Paine's published works divided Adams and Jefferson in opinion?
(a) Common Sense.
(b) Rights of Man.
(c) The Crisis Papers.
(d) Agrarian Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years were covered, by the letters included in Chapter 11?

2. How did Jefferson consider Adams' midnight appointments?

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

4. Why did the friendship between Adams and Jefferson begin to strain severely?

5. Based on Adams' explanation, when did aristocracies exist?

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