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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. Where did Adams and Jefferson meet?
(a) New York.
(b) Philadeplhia.
(c) Boston.
(d) Washington.

2. At Adams' request, what did Jefferson send during negotiations with the Portuguese?
(a) A vague list of commodities that could be exchanged.
(b) A list of three commodities that could be exchanged.
(c) A detailed list of commodities that could be exchanged.
(d) A list of two commodities that could be exchanged.

3. When did Jefferson's wife pass away?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1781.
(d) 1779.

4. At what time did Adams and Abigail return to Boston?
(a) Late 1788.
(b) Mid-1788.
(c) Early 1789.
(d) Early 1788.

5. How was Jefferson received in the England court as he tried to secure a commercial treaty?
(a) Warmly.
(b) Unsurprisingly.
(c) Surprisngly.
(d) Coldly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Written by Adams, when were the Novanglus letters published anonymously?

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

3. When did Richard Henry Lee propose the resolution that Congress should secede from Britain?

4. How many times did Jefferson mention Cosway in his letters to Abigail Adams?

5. In the order of the U.S. Presidents, when did John Adams and Thomas Jefferson hold the office respectively?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which two options did Adams and Jefferson give to Congress about dealing with the Barbary pirates, in Chapter 4?

2. Which difficulties did Adams and Jefferson have in negotiating with Britain, and how did they respond to them?

3. Which concerns did Adams and Jefferson have about Independence and liberty at the end of Chapter 1?

4. How were Adams and Jefferson described in the Introduction?

5. How did Adams respond to a meeting with the ambassador of Tripoli, in Chapter 4?

6. Why did Adams move to London and what reaction did he receive from the British?

7. What was the Defense of the Constitutions of the United States?

8. Which party did Jefferson belong to and what did it stand for?

9. How was Abigail described in the Introduction?

10. For which qualities did Adams and Jefferson respect each other?

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