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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. In colonial America, what was the ultimate means of defending one's honor?
(a) Debating the cause before equals.
(b) Distributing the truth in printed form.
(c) Dueling.
(d) Going to court.

2. What was another name for colonial gentlemen?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Patricians.
(c) Egalitarians.
(d) Aristocrats.

3. When meeting someone new in colonial America, what was required for confidence in dealing with that person?
(a) A letter of introduction.
(b) A mutual acquaintance.
(c) Compatible personalities.
(d) Common interests.

4. What was another name for colonial commoners?
(a) Plebians.
(b) Serfs.
(c) Patricians.
(d) Egalitarians.

5. In colonial America, what were women considered from a legal standpoint?
(a) They were dependent.
(b) They were non-people.
(c) They were independent.
(d) They were possessions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was intermarriage and inbreeding looked upon by colonial gentry?

3. In colonial America, who was rescued from poverty as a fourteen-year-old boy, only to become one of Virginia's most distinguished leaders?

4. What circumstance was unknown in small scale colonial American society?

5. What was Philadelphia's approximate population in 1760?

(see the answer key)

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