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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Adams live on his salary throughout his later years?
(a) Slightly better than average.
(b) Exceptionally well.
(c) Fairly well.
(d) Adequately.

2. When did Jefferson establish the University of Virginia?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1821.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1819.

3. What year were the letters in Chapter 10 written?
(a) 1814.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1812.

4. In Chapter 10, how was Jefferson's outlook on the future dealings with aristocracy?
(a) He was skeptical.
(b) He was uncertain.
(c) He was optimistic.
(d) He was concerned.

5. When did the letters of 1820 begin?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) February.
(d) April.

6. What did Adams and Jefferson blame Napoleon for?
(a) The commercial interests of the North and South.
(b) The commercial interests of other countries.
(c) The political interests of the West.
(d) The political interests of the East.

7. How many years were covered, by the letters included in Chapter 11?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

8. What was the number of letters exchanged by Adams and Jefferson by 1820?
(a) 1,024.
(b) 1,468.
(c) 1,267.
(d) 1,135.

9. What year was the "revolution" that the differences in the rival parties were leading to, in Chapter 8?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1801.

10. Which cause did Jefferson focus on later in his life?
(a) Updating the Constitution.
(b) Supporting new presidential candidates.
(c) Updating the Declaration.
(d) Establishing the University of Virginia.

11. Which of Thomas Paine's published works divided Adams and Jefferson in opinion?
(a) The Crisis Papers.
(b) Agrarian Justice.
(c) Rights of Man.
(d) Common Sense.

12. Who stopped the correspondence, at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) It was mutual.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Neither Abigail nor Jefferson.

13. Which month was the last letter in Chapter 10 written?
(a) July.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) November.

14. What did Dr. Rush do in an attempt to convince Adams and Jefferson to begin corresponding again?
(a) He wrote letters to the other friends of Adams and Jefferson.
(b) He wrote letters to both Adams and Jefferson.
(c) He wrote letters only to Adams.
(d) He wrote letters only to Jefferson.

15. Which political concern did Adams have, in Chapter 10?
(a) How to end aristocracy.
(b) How to discourage aristocracy.
(c) How to change aristocracy.
(d) How to control aristocracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dr. Rush's view of the estrangement of Adams and Jefferson?

2. When was the first letter written that resumed the correspondence between Adams and Jefferson?

3. As mentioned in Chapter 11, why did Adams and Jefferson want the American people to understand the Revolution?

4. Which future system(s) did Jefferson have high hopes for?

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

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