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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Portugal open to American overtures?
(a) They resented Britain's politics.
(b) They resented Britain's policies with the U.S.
(c) They resented Britain's economic acts.
(d) They resented Britain's navigation acts.

2. As mentioned in Chapter 1, which of Adams' skills stood out to Jefferson?
(a) His oratorical and writing ability.
(b) His oratorical ability and sound head.
(c) His oratorical and writing ability, and sound head.
(d) His writing ability and sound head.

3. What impressed Adams about Jefferson?
(a) His oratorical ability and temperament.
(b) His oratorical ability.
(c) His writing ability and temperament.
(d) His writing ability.

4. When did Adams move to London?
(a) Early 1785.
(b) Mid 1785.
(c) 1786.
(d) Late 1785.

5. How were Adams' negotiations with the Portuguese described in Chapter 3?
(a) Extensive.
(b) Brief.
(c) Promising.
(d) Expected.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Adams observe Jefferson's presidency?

2. How many times did Jefferson mention Cosway in his letters to Abigail Adams?

3. What group was Adams a member of when he helped in the reconciliation with Great Britain in 1776?

4. What happened to the interest payments on the debt that America had acquired during the war to France?

5. How much of a concern was Prussia for Adams and Jefferson between 1785 and 1786?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Adams and Jefferson described in the Introduction?

2. What caused Adams and Jefferson to focus on the whale fishery markets, in Chapter 3?

3. How did Adams and Jefferson meet?

4. What was Jefferson's opinion of the Algerian government and why?

5. Which concerns did Adams and Jefferson have about their diplomatic negotiations, in Chapter 3?

6. Which criticism of the Constitution did Adams refute, in Chapter 5?

7. Which two options did Adams and Jefferson give to Congress about dealing with the Barbary pirates, in Chapter 4?

8. How did Adams develop a positive association with the Dutch, in Chapter 2?

9. Which concerns did Adams and Jefferson have about Independence and liberty at the end of Chapter 1?

10. What events led Jefferson to France in 1784?

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