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

2. What year was the "revolution" that the differences in the rival parties were leading to, in Chapter 8?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1801.
(d) 1800.

3. When did Adams think even an aristocracy of virtue could be corrupted?
(a) If elected.
(b) If elected for long periods of time.
(c) If elected for short periods of time.
(d) If elected or unelected.

4. How long before their deaths did Adams and Jefferson write to each other?
(a) Three months.
(b) Four months.
(c) Two months.
(d) One month.

5. How did Jefferson consider Adams' midnight appointments?
(a) He appreciated them.
(b) He was unaware of them.
(c) He was furious.
(d) He understood them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jefferson's opinion of Adams' philosophy of government, in Chapter 8?

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

3. Which political concern did Adams have, in Chapter 10?

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

5. What did Adams do in response to Jefferson's presidential win?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Adams and Jefferson approach political topics in their renewed correspondence?

2. What difference of opinion did Adams and Jefferson have about Thomas Paine's Rights of Man?

3. Why did Jefferson write to Adams after the election?

4. When did Adams and Jefferson pass away, and what thoughts did they have about their lives?

5. How did Abigail resume her correspondence with Jefferson?

6. How did Jefferson become involved with education in Virginia?

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

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

9. How was Adams' political work misinterpreted?

10. Which of Jefferson's actions upset the Adamses, in Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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