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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when John and Abigail lose their life savings in imprudent investments?
(a) They move to town
(b) John Quincy buys Stoneyfield for them
(c) They buy a smaller farm
(d) They move in with John Quincy

2. What is the state of Nabby's marriage?
(a) Content
(b) Separated
(c) Troubled
(d) Very happy

3. Who visits with the Adamses for a short while in England?
(a) Polly Jefferson and Sally Hemings
(b) The Marquis de Lafayette and his wife
(c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) George and Martha Washington

4. Who does Nabby marry in 1786?
(a) Franklin Bache
(b) Col. William Stephens Smith
(c) James Hemings
(d) Marquis de Lafayette

5. What does Adams call Washington in a letter written a year earlier that surfaces and is printed in a newspaper?
(a) Anarchist
(b) Apostate
(c) Devotee
(d) Derelict

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Abigail's perception of New York?

2. Who was the artist of the famous painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

3. What was Adams' legacy to his grandchildren?

4. ____________________ is eulogized as "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen."

5. Who designed the layout for the new federal capital?

Short Essay Questions

1. How could Adams' creed for his life be summed up?

2. What were the circumstances of Abigail's death?

3. Explain the poignancy of the deaths of Adams and Jefferson.

4. What were Adams' main points in his presidential inauguration speech in March of 1797?

5. What event prompts Abigail to write to Jefferson after 17 years of silence?

6. What did Adams learn was Jefferson's true position on slavery?

7. How were the Adamses met when they returned to Boston after living in Europe for so long?

8. Explain the speculation options for Adams' political future.

9. What were Adams' plans after the end of his presidency?

10. What did Adams observe about the new America that had emerged in his absence?

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