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

2. As Adams recognized, where did aristocracies exist?
(a) Only certain places.
(b) Most places.
(c) All places.
(d) Not very many places.

3. Based on Adams' explanation, when did aristocracies exist?
(a) In the past.
(b) In the present.
(c) In all times.
(d) In specific times of the past.

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

5. Which political concern did Adams have, in Chapter 10?
(a) How to control aristocracy.
(b) How to change aristocracy.
(c) How to end aristocracy.
(d) How to discourage aristocracy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which year was the last letter in Chapter 11 written?

3. What year did both Adams and Jefferson pass away?

4. What was Jefferson's response to Abigail's correspondence, in Chapter 8?

5. Which future system(s) did Jefferson have high hopes for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Adams send to Jefferson to renew their correspondence in 1812?

2. How did Adams and Jefferson find their financial situations later in their lives?

3. According to Jefferson's letters in Chapter 8, what caused him to be angry at Adams?

4. How did Adams and Jefferson describe the world in their later letters?

5. Why did Abigail write to Jefferson in 1804?

6. In Chapter 10, which source of information did Adams inform Jefferson he had given up and why?

7. How was Adams' political work misinterpreted?

8. What interests did Adams and Jefferson have in the later years of their correspondence?

9. Which aspects of the country and its foundation did Adams and Jefferson think it was important for the American people to understand?

10. Who won the elections where Adams and Jefferson faced each other, and what did Adams do after hearing the results of the second election, in Chapter 7?

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