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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 year was the Continental Congress?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1772.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1775.

2. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?
(a) Banking.
(b) Store owner.
(c) Printing.
(d) Bookbinding.

3. How was the Anglican church part of politics in Britain?
(a) It was separate from the government.
(b) It was an arm of the crown.
(c) It persecuted different religions.
(d) It held a political position.

4. How was high office in colonial America considered?
(a) As a right and responsibility.
(b) As an honor and privilege.
(c) As a profession and profit.
(d) As a sacrifice and burden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of the American colonial population was poor?

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

3. Concerning the marketplace, how did colonial American and British aristocracy differ?

4. What were those who opposed the Anglican church called?

5. In colonial America, what were women considered from a legal standpoint?

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