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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1790s, who labeled gentry as men of idleness, extravagance, and dissipation?
(a) William Drayton.
(b) Matthew Lyon.
(c) George Warner.
(d) Abraham Bishop

2. What was it called when Ben Franklin appointed his friends and family to official positions after he became Deputy Postmaster General of North America?
(a) Consequentialism.
(b) Prerogativism.
(c) Patronage.
(d) Paucity.

3. In the late 1760s, who dismissed people's right to participate in government if they didn't have a liberal arts education?
(a) Matthew Lyon.
(b) George Warner.
(c) William Drayton.
(d) Abraham Bishop.

4. When first offered, why did Ben Franklin say he would not accept the military rank of colonel?
(a) He felt he should be a general.
(b) He wasn't a gentleman.
(c) He didn't have enough money.
(d) He didn't believe in the military.

5. Who said that the secret of America's prosperity was the celebration of work?
(a) Micheal Chevalier.
(b) Francis Grund.
(c) Theodore Sedgewick.
(d) Edward Everett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the American colonists blame when the wrong people held office?

2. How was high office in colonial America considered?

3. In colonial America, why did officer holders receive honors and titles?

4. By 1800, what percent of the Philadelphia labor force were indentured servants?

5. Before the revolution, what was labor associated with?

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