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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are people regarded in a hierarchical society?
(a) Individuals are socially equal.
(b) Individuals can never change class.
(c) Individuals belong to a particular class.
(d) Individuals can easily move between classes.

2. What did the original American colonists pride themselves as being?
(a) Free men with rights and liberties.
(b) Righteous with values and morals.
(c) Fortunate with possessions and families.
(d) Patriots with abilties and drives.

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

4. Who was the most popular and powerful man in Massachusetts during the last quarter of the 18th century?
(a) Henry McCulloch.
(b) Ben Franklin.
(c) Thomas Hutchinson.
(d) John Hancock.

5. What relationship did the American farmer have with the land he worked?
(a) He borrowed it.
(b) He was the owner.
(c) He was a tenant.
(d) He lent it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most radical change brought about by the Revolution?

2. In colonial America, what was a self-made man called?

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

4. What was the highest class of British society called?

5. In colonial America, which pairs of words were "opposites and irreconcilable"?

(see the answer key)

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