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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. After retiring, what does Ben Franklin do that later embarrasses him?
(a) Commission a house.
(b) Commission a portrait.
(c) Commission a special gun.
(d) Commission a uniform.

2. What religious belief did Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin hold?
(a) Anglican.
(b) Deist.
(c) Christian.
(d) Puritan.

3. In colonial America, what outweighed the concern for family lineage?
(a) Individual desires of the father.
(b) Individual desires of the children.
(c) Individual desires of the mother.
(d) Individual desires of the head of the household.

4. What supported the colonial southern plantations that made networks of influence unnecessary?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Outside investors.
(c) Family networks.
(d) Farming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation" was a key document for which man?

2. How did John Locke view a child's mind?

3. What year was the Continental Congress?

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

5. How was intermarriage and inbreeding looked upon by colonial gentry?

(see the answer key)

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