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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main source of instability and anxiety in revolutionary America?
(a) Ostentatious aristocracy.
(b) Pervasive equality.
(c) Religious dissent.
(d) Conspicuous consumption.

2. Who said he didn't know how to keep America from "sliding down into the mire of democracy"?
(a) James Kent.
(b) George Cabot.
(c) Oliver Wolcott.
(d) Fisher Ames.

3. How did the American colonies react to the intrusion of royal authority in 1763?
(a) Welcomed it.
(b) Didn't accept it.
(c) Asked for it.
(d) Ignored it.

4. Who was governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Tea Party?
(a) Thomas Huxtible.
(b) Thomas Hutchins.
(c) Thomas Hutton.
(d) Thomas Hutchinson.

5. Who said that the mind could be cultivated like a garden?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Lord Chesterfield.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Thomas Paine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book "The Patriots"?

2. What would eventually secure the people's right to participate in government?

3. What eventually became the sole criterion for the political worth of a person?

4. How did John Locke view a child's mind?

5. When first offered, why did Ben Franklin say he would not accept the military rank of colonel?

(see the answer key)

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