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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who rejected "ancient prejudices" that supported hereditary monarchy?
(a) John Locke.
(b) Jonathan Sewell.
(c) Ben Franklin.
(d) Thomas Paine.

2. Who said, "We see with other eyes; we hear with other ears"?
(a) Lord Chesterfield.
(b) Thomas Paine.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

3. How did Colonel Landon Carter express his confusion about child rearing in colonial society?
(a) In a book.
(b) In a series of newspaper articles.
(c) In a series of lectures.
(d) In a diary.

4. What did Ben Franklin identify as the central political problems of his time?
(a) Hatred of politicians and the military.
(b) Love of power and money.
(c) Hatred of dependence and oppression.
(d) Love of country and home.

5. During the war against France, what did farmers buy after they sold their surplus to the British troops?
(a) More land.
(b) Needed equipment.
(c) Necessities.
(d) Luxury goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ben Franklin quartered when he sailed to England in 1724?

2. In the 1790s, who labeled gentry as men of idleness, extravagance, and dissipation?

3. How was the Anglican church part of politics in Britain?

4. How did colonial gentry demonstrate virtue?

5. What was critical to the success of colonial American office holders?

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