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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ship taking the Adamses to France in 1779?
(a) Rutledge
(b) Sensible
(c) Annabelle
(d) Sensation

2. What interest did Adams and Jefferson share?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Horses
(c) Wine
(d) Books

3. With whom does Abigail become good friends while in Paris?
(a) Martha Jefferson
(b) Marie Antoinette
(c) The wife of the Marquis de Lafayette
(d) Debbie Franklin

4. On what day was the Declaration of Independence approved?
(a) July 1, 1776
(b) July 4, 1776
(c) July 4, 1775
(d) July 5, 1776

5. Who is Sally Hemings?
(a) The housekeeper at Stoneyfield
(b) Abigail's new dressmaker
(c) Nabby's best friend
(d) Jefferson's slave with whom he reportedly had an intimate relationship for many years

Short Answer Questions

1. Which French Minister favored Franklin to Adams?

2. How long had Adams lived overseas at the time he returns home in 1788?

3. What is Novangelus?

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

5. Which was the only element of the Adamses house not in need of desperate tending?

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