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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What year did both Adams and Jefferson pass away?
2. How did Adams and Jefferson think the conditions were in the eighteenth century?
3. What age was Jefferson before the first academic session began at the University of Virginia?
4. How did Abigail's correspondence with Jefferson resume?
5. How many years were covered, by the letters included in Chapter 11?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Jefferson respond to Adams' analysis of aristocracy, in Chapter 10?
2. 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?
3. In Chapter 10, which source of information did Adams inform Jefferson he had given up and why?
4. What did Adams realize about aristocracy, in Chapter 10?
5. How did the correspondence of 1804 stop?
6. Why was Adams skeptical and concerned about aristocracy, in Chapter 10?
7. How did Adams and Jefferson find their financial situations later in their lives?
8. How did Adams and Jefferson approach political topics in their renewed correspondence?
9. What tested the friendship of Adams and Jefferson in 1813?
10. Which aspects of the country and its foundation did Adams and Jefferson think it was important for the American people to understand?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the aspects of aristocracy, why it was considered a threat to freedom, and the outlook of Adams and Jefferson on the ways to limit aristocracy.
Essay Topic 2
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man divided Adams and Jefferson in opinion and political views.
1) Explain Paine's message in Rights of Man and its relevance to that time in history.
2) Describe the events that added to the divide between Adams and Jefferson in their opinions of Rights of Man.
3) Analyze the reasons behind the views of Adams and Jefferson and what they indicated for both of their individual political positions.
Essay Topic 3
As the United States was Declaring Independence, it was an exciting time for the country and its people.
1) Describe three characteristics of the late 1700s that you think helped the country's foundation and why.
2) Explain the major differences in the country between the 1700s and the 1800s based on the information in the letters.
3) Analyze how the country has changed since the times of Adams and Jefferson, for the better or worse, and the reasons why.
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