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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did colonial gentry demonstrate virtue?
(a) By church attendance and charitable contributions.
(b) By supporting trade schools and farms.
(c) By righteous behavior and virtuous living.
(d) By consuming enough to employ the commoners.

3. What percentage of 18th century colonial Americans were employed in farming?
(a) 90%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 85%.
(d) 95%.

4. What did the original American colonists pride themselves as being?
(a) Free men with rights and liberties.
(b) Fortunate with possessions and families.
(c) Righteous with values and morals.
(d) Patriots with abilties and drives.

5. How could a person be mobile in colonial society?
(a) By replacing someone of a higher rank.
(b) By earning money and buying status for the new rank.
(c) By marrying into a higher social rank.
(d) By demonstrating and possessing qualifications for new rank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What circumstance was unknown in small scale colonial American society?

2. What did colonial religious sects have in common?

3. What was the colonial role in the renewed Anglo-French warfare in the 1750s?

4. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?

5. Who was the head of a colonial household?

(see the answer key)

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