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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impressed Adams about Jefferson?
(a) His writing ability.
(b) His oratorical ability and temperament.
(c) His writing ability and temperament.
(d) His oratorical ability.

2. How long had Adams and Jefferson served as delegates in the lower house of their local legislatures when they met?
(a) Many years.
(b) A few years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

3. Why was Jefferson's future job suspended in 1783?
(a) Peace was near.
(b) The War was ongoing.
(c) The job could not be funded.
(d) Jefferson was too far away.

4. Along with Adams and Jefferson, how many other people were on the committee assigned to write the Declaration of Independence?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. In the order of the U.S. Presidents, when did John Adams and Thomas Jefferson hold the office respectively?
(a) They were the third and fourth Presidents.
(b) They were the second and third Presidents.
(c) They were the second and eighth Presidents.
(d) They were the fourth and eighth Presidents.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Adams and Jefferson work well together at the Continental Congress?

2. Where did Adams and Jefferson meet?

3. How many years after the Declaration of Independence did Adams and Jefferson pass away?

4. Besides letters, what else did Adams and Jefferson write?

5. Where did Adams observe Jefferson's presidency?

(see the answer key)

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