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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. How many differences were resolved between the Adamses and Jefferson, by the end of Chapter 8?

2. When was the last letter in Chapter 8 written?

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

4. What war was ongoing as Adams and Jefferson began to write to each other again?

5. In Chapter 10, how was Adams' outlook on the future dealings with aristocracy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Adams and Jefferson think about the century's impact on human nature?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who was Dr. Rush and why did he help Adams and Jefferson reconcile their differences?

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

The writing styles of Adams and Jefferson revealed a lot about both individuals and the times in which they lived.

1) Describe the writing style, handwriting, spellings, grammar, and phrasing in the letters.

2) Explain the advantages and/or disadvantages of the writing style in the 1700s/1800s.

3) Analyze the current writing styles, and the similarities and changes in the English language of now and when Adams and Jefferson corresponded.

Essay Topic 3

Chronicle the development of the representative style of government, why Adams and Jefferson wanted the American people to understand how it worked, and how their reflection of Independence and American Revolution included the preservation of certain documents that would ensure the continued prosperity of the United States.

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