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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. Who was the most popular and powerful man in Massachusetts during the last quarter of the 18th century?
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) John Hancock.
(c) Henry McCulloch.
(d) Thomas Hutchinson.

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

3. 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) Prerogativism.
(b) Patronage.
(c) Paucity.
(d) Consequentialism.

4. What did Ben Franklin say about government?
(a) It's a man-made contrivance.
(b) It should be obeyed.
(c) It's a necessary evil.
(d) It should be abolished.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who identified the source of the revolution as the dissolution of family authority?

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

3. How did colonial Americans look on black slavery?

4. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?

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

(see the answer key)

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