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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 vice-presidency.
(c) Jefferson's association with writers that attacked him and his family.
(d) Jefferson's past remarks about his presidency.

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

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

4. When was the Consular Convention with France that Jefferson discussed in a letter to Adams?
(a) 1788.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1789.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 11, why did Adams and Jefferson want the American people to understand the Revolution?
(a) To remember the sacrifices made.
(b) To understand the price of freedom.
(c) To appreciate representative government.
(d) To improve the representative form of government.

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 intercepted by Madison.
(b) It was lost in the mail.
(c) It was read by Adams quickly.
(d) It was never mailed.

7. When did the letters of 1820 begin?
(a) March.
(b) February.
(c) April.
(d) January.

8. Which one of the following was not provided as a reason for Jefferson's monetary issues?
(a) Overspending.
(b) Inflation.
(c) Debts.
(d) Lending.

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

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

11. How did Adams and Jefferson remember their revolutionary days in their later letters?
(a) Fondly.
(b) Frequently.
(c) Infrequently.
(d) Carefully.

12. Why did the friendship between Adams and Jefferson begin to strain severely?
(a) They were in disagreement over the country's overall direction.
(b) They were members of different parties.
(c) They were writing too many letters.
(d) They were not writing enough letters.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stopped the correspondence, at the end of Chapter 8?

2. Which cause did Jefferson focus on later in his life?

3. What did Dr. Rush do in an attempt to convince Adams and Jefferson to begin corresponding again?

4. Despite the Wars, what did Adams and Jefferson think about the century?

5. What did Jefferson think the electorate had the ability to select?

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