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

2. Which role did Adams and Jefferson think education had in government?

3. What year did the letters in Chapter 9 begin?

4. How interested in politics were Adams and Jefferson later in life?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Adams' political work misinterpreted?

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

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

4. How did Abigail resume her correspondence with Jefferson?

5. Why was Adams skeptical and concerned about aristocracy, in Chapter 10?

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

7. What opinions did Adams and Jefferson have about the post-war conditions, in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

The whale fishery market was an area that Adams and Jefferson focused on during their diplomacy.

1) Describe the whale-fishery markets before, during, and after the Revolution.

2) Explain why the whale-fishery market and its products were important to Adams and Jefferson.

3) Analyze the approach that Adams and Jefferson used in dealing with the whale-fishery market and how trade was restored.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the historical significance of The Adams-Jefferson Letters, including an explanation of the importance of the country's foundation, and the value of the direct words of the founders.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast an Introduction in non-fictional literature and fictional literature, using the Introduction in The Adams-Jefferson Letters as a reference.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 667 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample