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

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

3. How did Abigail's correspondence with Jefferson resume?
(a) Abigail added a postscript to one of her husband's letters.
(b) Jefferson wrote Abigail a letter.
(c) Abigail wrote Jefferson a letter separate from her husband's letters.
(d) Adams informed Jefferson in a letter to resume writing to his wife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Adams recognized, where did aristocracies exist?

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

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

4. Why did the friendship between Adams and Jefferson begin to strain severely?

5. Which of the following did Adams give up in order to focus on the classics?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Jefferson respond to Adams' analysis of aristocracy, in Chapter 10?

3. What tested the friendship of Adams and Jefferson in 1813?

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

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

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

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

8. What did Adams realize about aristocracy, in Chapter 10?

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

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

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