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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. Which year were the letters in Chapter 8 written?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1802.

2. Where did Jefferson live after retiring from the secretary of state position?
(a) Waynesboro.
(b) Suffolk.
(c) Monticello.
(d) Norfolk.

3. What did Adams discover that tested his friendship with Jefferson, after their correspondence had resumed?
(a) Criticisms that Jefferson had made months earlier.
(b) Criticisms that Jefferson had suppoorted months earlier.
(c) Criticisms that Jefferson had made years earlier.
(d) Criticisms that Jefferson had supported years earlier.

4. What year did Adams and Jefferson become sick?
(a) 1817.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1819.
(d) 1816.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What month did Jefferson's daughter pass away?

2. How did Jefferson consider Adams' midnight appointments?

3. What age was Jefferson before the first academic session began at the University of Virginia?

4. How interested in politics were Adams and Jefferson later in life?

5. When did Jefferson step down as secretary of state?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Adams and Jefferson approach political topics in their renewed correspondence?

2. How did Abigail resume her correspondence with Jefferson?

3. How did Adams and Jefferson find their financial situations later in their lives?

4. Which of Jefferson's actions upset the Adamses, in Chapter 8?

5. What difference of opinion did Adams and Jefferson have about Thomas Paine's Rights of Man?

6. How did Jefferson become involved with education in Virginia?

7. What opinions did Adams and Jefferson have about the post-war conditions, in Chapter 12?

8. According to Jefferson's letters in Chapter 8, what caused him to be angry at Adams?

9. How did Jefferson respond to Adams' analysis of aristocracy, in Chapter 10?

10. What suggestions for education were discussed, in Chapter 12?

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