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

2. What did classical republican ideals lay the foundation for?
(a) A liberal arts education.
(b) A religious education.
(c) A legal education.
(d) A science education.

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

4. Who must yield power for a government to be good?
(a) Disinterested men.
(b) Men who care about society.
(c) Wealthy men.
(d) Men interested in politics.

5. In colonial America, what was a self-made man called?
(a) An industrious Samuel.
(b) A wealthy William.
(c) A poor Richard.
(d) A lucky Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was critical to the success of colonial American office holders?

2. In colonial America, what was the ultimate means of defending one's honor?

3. What percentage of southern colonists were aristocrats?

4. Why was poverty considered a virtue for common colonial people?

5. When Ben Franklin was a boy, what important man discussed books with him?

(see the answer key)

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