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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. What did the colonial American courts treat more seriously than violent acts?
(a) Profanity.
(b) Cheating.
(c) Disobedience.
(d) Laziness.

2. 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.

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

4. What would eventually secure the people's right to participate in government?
(a) Religious freedom.
(b) Legal documents.
(c) The right to own property.
(d) The right to vote.

5. In colonial America, what emerged after politics cease to be a contest among prominent families?
(a) Honest officials.
(b) Political parties.
(c) Money for good causes.
(d) Fair laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were superiors, magistrates, and masters to be honored?

2. Who was the head of a colonial household?

3. Who was the most popular and powerful man in Massachusetts during the last quarter of the 18th century?

4. When meeting someone new in colonial America, what was required for confidence in dealing with that person?

5. What percentage of 18th century colonial Americans were employed in farming?

(see the answer key)

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