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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was poverty considered a virtue for common colonial people?
(a) It kept them subjected.
(b) It kept them industrious.
(c) It kept them submissive.
(d) It kept them satisfied.

2. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?
(a) Physical labor.
(b) Income.
(c) Education.
(d) Birth status.

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

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?
(a) Consequentialism.
(b) Prerogativism.
(c) Patronage.
(d) Paucity.

5. Who did the American colonists blame when the wrong people held office?
(a) The voters.
(b) The crown.
(c) Other officials.
(d) Themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 18th century, what did the golden age of Roman literature speak about?

2. What were colonial American rulers always concerned about regarding their positions?

3. In colonial America, what was done with a political effigy?

4. What was another name for colonial commoners?

5. What did classical republican ideals lay the foundation for?

(see the answer key)

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