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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is appointed as Adams' official secretary?
(a) Franklin Bache
(b) Pierce Marshall
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) Francis Dana

2. Which of the Americans was the first to sign the Treaty of Paris?
(a) Thomas Jefferson
(b) Henry Laurens
(c) John Adams
(d) Benjamin Franklin

3. What appears to be Adams' only joy during this difficult period?
(a) Charles
(b) John Quincy
(c) Learning Dutch
(d) Traveling around Holland

4. What does Adams vow after the signing of the document?
(a) To go back to practicing law
(b) To move to Europe
(c) To never be away from Abigail that long again
(d) To learn to speak as many foreign languages as possible

5. To what position is Adams appointed?
(a) Commander in Chief of the Army
(b) Commissioner to France
(c) Secretary of the Navy
(d) Attorney General

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Adamses find when they returned to Boston?

2. What precipitates the British leaving Boston Harbor in 1776?

3. What is the name of the ship taking the Adamses to France in 1779?

4. Why is Abigail especially melancholy by another one of John's absences?

5. In what year does this chapter begin?

(see the answer key)

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