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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was another name for colonial gentlemen?
(a) Egalitarians.
(b) Patricians.
(c) Aristocrats.
(d) Republicans.

2. What was the status of an indentured servant in colonial America?
(a) He was a free agent.
(b) He was the lowest class of society.
(c) He was property.
(d) He was working his way up the ladder.

3. How were superiors, magistrates, and masters to be honored?
(a) As fathers.
(b) As mothers.
(c) As equals.
(d) As parents.

4. What kind of colonial churches dominated the first third of the 18th century?
(a) Organizational and society supported churches.
(b) Independent congregation supported churches.
(c) Denominationally supported churches.
(d) Centralized state supported churches.

5. What was the main consideration for a colonial man to be considered a gentleman?
(a) He must be a land owner and a church member.
(b) He must be a married man with good standing in the community.
(c) He must be a member of a political party and the militia.
(d) He must be free from material and intellectual want.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of northern colonists were aristocrats?

2. What was the highest level of knowledge of a trade in colonial America?

3. In colonial America, which pairs of words were "opposites and irreconcilable"?

4. How could a colonial adolescent master a particular skill or learn a discipline?

5. What was another name for colonial commoners?

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