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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which month was the last letter in Chapter 10 written?
(a) February.
(b) July.
(c) November.
(d) December.

4. What caused Adams to be angry with Jefferson before they reconciled?
(a) Jefferson's association with writers that attempted to misrepresent his writings.
(b) Jefferson's past remarks about his presidency.
(c) Jefferson's past remarks about his vice-presidency.
(d) Jefferson's association with writers that attacked him and his family.

5. What age was Jefferson before the first academic session began at the University of Virginia?
(a) Seventy-eight.
(b) Eighty-two.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Eighty-four.

6. How long did Dr. Rush try to reconcile Adams and Jefferson?
(a) A few weeks.
(b) A few days.
(c) A few months.
(d) A few years.

7. As mentioned in a letter, which office did John Quincy Adams have before being removed by Jefferson?
(a) Security commissioner.
(b) Commissioner of finance.
(c) Trade commissioner.
(d) Commissioner of bankruptcy.

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

9. Which documents did Adams and Jefferson want to preserve?
(a) The documents about the revolution.
(b) The documents about their correspondence.
(c) The documents about the elections.
(d) The documents about the Congress.

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

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

12. Which state's Compromise of 1820 concerned Adams and Jefferson, in Chapter 12?
(a) Montana.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Missouri.

13. What did Adams discover that tested his friendship with Jefferson, after their correspondence had resumed?
(a) Criticisms that Jefferson had suppoorted months earlier.
(b) Criticisms that Jefferson had made months earlier.
(c) Criticisms that Jefferson had supported years earlier.
(d) Criticisms that Jefferson had made years earlier.

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

15. How did both Adams and Jefferson consider the possibility of establishing a mutually beneficial association with Britain?
(a) Both Adams and Jefferson were hopeful.
(b) Jefferson was hopeful, but Adams was skeptical.
(c) Adams was hopeful, but Jefferson was skeptical.
(d) Both Adams and Jefferson were skeptical.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the letters of 1820 begin?

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

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

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

5. What did Jefferson do to upset the Adamses?

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