John Adams Quiz

reposted from 2014

John Adams 

Quiz:  The Reluctant Patriot Book  by Leonard Falkner

1. How many siblings did John Adams have? Two brothers  P. 10
2. What did John Adams father do for a living? Farming  P.  8
3. What religion was John Adams?  Puritan   P 9
4. As eldest son John was expected to be what? Educated and take over the estate  P. 11
5. Which language became John Adam’s favorite as a youth?  Latin  P 15
6. What did this phrase mean that so charmed him that he chanted it aloud?   Veni Vidi Vici?   I came, I saw, I conquered.  P15
7. What school did John join when he was almost 16?  Harvard  P. 16     To become? A theologian, (Pastor)  P. 18
8. The food was so bad that the boys in his room decided to do what?  Get their own food by killing the neighbors chickens.  P 20
9. Did John lie about what the boys had done? No he wouldn’t tell a lie. P 21
10. What did John become directly after college?  A teacher  P 23
11. Since he hated that, what did he study for next?  Law  P 25
12. His father dies, he practices law, and met who to marry?   Abigail  Smith, his third cousin  P 53
13. What was John Adams during the stamp act?  An opponent, he delivered a speech opposing it. Pg 56
14. With which president did  John Adams serve as Vice-President? Washington  P 126
15. John Adams was which number President of the United States?  Second President -  P. 131
16. John Adams lost his election for a second term.  Who did he lose to?  Thomas Jefferson
17. How many years did John Adams live after he left politics and the public life?   Twenty Five P. 143
18. Which of John Adams sons became President?  John Quincy Adams P 140
19. What were his last words.  Jefferson survives.  P. 140