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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. What was critical to the success of colonial American office holders?
(a) Freedom from debt.
(b) Stable family life.
(c) Social respectability.
(d) Personal accountability.

2. Historically, what do good Englishmen do?
(a) Resist tyranny.
(b) Fortify their defenses.
(c) Build their economy.
(d) Help the downtrodden.

3. Who was the head of a colonial household?
(a) The parents.
(b) The patriarch.
(c) The matriarch.
(d) The oldest grandfather.

4. What did John Adams consider to be the main mark of a gentleman?
(a) Wealth and ease of life.
(b) Virture and charitable causes.
(c) A liberal arts education.
(d) Dedication to public service.

5. Who identified the source of the revolution as the dissolution of family authority?
(a) Landon Carter.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) John Locke.
(d) John Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had an international reputation as a hero in the 1780s?

2. How did the American colonies react to the intrusion of royal authority in 1763?

3. How did Colonel Landon Carter express his confusion about child rearing in colonial society?

4. What was it called when Ben Franklin appointed his friends and family to official positions after he became Deputy Postmaster General of North America?

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

(see the answer key)

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