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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 did Adams discover that tested his friendship with Jefferson, after their correspondence had resumed?

2. How much time had passed before Abigail wrote Jefferson a letter?

3. Which documents did Adams and Jefferson want to preserve?

4. How did Adams and Jefferson think the conditions were in the eighteenth century?

5. Why were few letters written between Adams and Jefferson early in their association?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Abigail resume her correspondence with Jefferson?

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

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

4. How did Adams and Jefferson refer to their illnesses in the 1818 letters?

5. Why did Abigail write to Jefferson in 1804?

6. According to Jefferson's letters in Chapter 8, what caused him to be angry at Adams?

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

8. What suggestions for education were discussed, in Chapter 12?

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

10. What were Adams and Jefferson trying preserve, at the end of Chapter 11?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the perceived "radical" element in the views of Adams and Jefferson, the source of the label, their opinions of moderates of the time, and the reasons supporting their views. Also, provide an analysis of how the meaning of the term "radical" has been applied to other people or issues in the country.

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