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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 did Jefferson think the electorate had the ability to select?
(a) The good, wise, and experienced.
(b) The wise and experienced.
(c) The good and experienced.
(d) The good and wise.

2. How did Abigail's correspondence with Jefferson resume?
(a) Jefferson wrote Abigail a letter.
(b) Abigail added a postscript to one of her husband's letters.
(c) Abigail wrote Jefferson a letter separate from her husband's letters.
(d) Adams informed Jefferson in a letter to resume writing to his wife.

3. How many pieces of "Homespun" did Adams send in a letter to Jefferson?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. What age was Jefferson before the first academic session began at the University of Virginia?
(a) Eighty-two.
(b) Seventy-eight.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Eighty-four.

5. How long did Dr. Rush try to reconcile Adams and Jefferson?
(a) A few years.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) A few days.
(d) A few months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which month was the last letter in Chapter 10 written?

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

3. Despite the Wars, what did Adams and Jefferson think about the century?

4. Which cause did Jefferson focus on later in his life?

5. Which year did Adams and Jefferson battle each other for the presidency?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who won the elections where Adams and Jefferson faced each other, and what did Adams do after hearing the results of the second election, in Chapter 7?

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

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

4. What tested the friendship of Adams and Jefferson in 1813?

5. How did Adams and Jefferson describe the world in their later letters?

6. What did Adams send to Jefferson to renew their correspondence in 1812?

7. When did Adams and Jefferson pass away, and what thoughts did they have about their lives?

8. Which aspects of the country and its foundation did Adams and Jefferson think it was important for the American people to understand?

9. Why did Jefferson write to Adams after the election?

10. In Chapter 10, which source of information did Adams inform Jefferson he had given up and why?

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