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

2. How did colonial Americans look on black slavery?
(a) As just another form of dependency.
(b) As an institution which needs legislation.
(c) As a necessary evil.
(d) As an abomination.

3. When Ben Franklin was a boy, what important man discussed books with him?
(a) James Logan.
(b) William Burnet.
(c) Andrew Hamilton.
(d) William Allen.

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

5. Who said, "We see with other eyes; we hear with other ears"?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Lord Chesterfield.
(c) Thomas Paine.
(d) John Adams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who must yield power for a government to be good?

3. What year was the Continental Congress?

4. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?

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

(see the answer key)

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