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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?
(a) Banking.
(b) Store owner.
(c) Bookbinding.
(d) Printing.

2. What characteristic of their heritage did colonial Americans in New England cling to?
(a) Conscientious objection.
(b) Militance.
(c) Charity.
(d) Defiance.

3. How could a colonial adolescent master a particular skill or learn a discipline?
(a) Learn from a sibling.
(b) Be indentured or go to school.
(c) Be privately tutored.
(d) Learn from parents.

4. The "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation" was a key document for which man?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Joseph Addison.
(c) William Livingston.
(d) Jonathan Mayhew.

5. Within the colonial family unit, what right did adult children demand?
(a) To choose their own employment.
(b) To choose their own spouses.
(c) To be responsible for themselves.
(d) To strike out on their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "We see with other eyes; we hear with other ears"?

2. What did John Adams consider to be the main mark of a gentleman?

3. How was high office in colonial America considered?

4. How did the American colonies react to the intrusion of royal authority in 1763?

5. What percent of the American colonial population was poor?

(see the answer key)

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