View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Adams and Jefferson think about Great Britain in Chapter 3?

2. Before being published anonymously, how did Jefferson's friends refer to his work, the Summary View of the Rights of British America?

3. How did France respond to the complications and complaints of the whale-oil fishery?

4. As mentioned in Chapter 4, when did Jefferson visit England on Adams' request?

5. When did Jefferson join Adams and Benjamin Franklin in France?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Abigail described in the Introduction?

2. Why are the Federalists no longer a political party?

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

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

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

6. For which qualities did Adams and Jefferson respect each other?

7. How was the Constitution written?

8. Which party did Jefferson belong to and what did it stand for?

9. What did Adams caution Jefferson about, at the end of Chapter 3?

10. Where were Adams and Jefferson during the Federal Convention, and what was their opinion of it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the theme of friendship in The Adams-Jefferson Letters and how the friendship of Adams and Jefferson endured through time, tests, and silence.

Essay Topic 2

Adams' Defense of the Constitutions of the United States countered the criticisms of the revolutionary new government that was being designed for America.

1) Describe the criticism about the American government that prompted Adams to write Defense of the Constitutions of the United States.

2) Explain the source of the criticism and the possible reasons for it.

3) Analyze three main points that Adams made in Defense of the Constitutions of the United States to support the country's foundation.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the interference of Britain with the interference of the Barbary pirates in the trade of the United States with other countries.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 765 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample