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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. Who was the head of a colonial household?
(a) The patriarch.
(b) The matriarch.
(c) The oldest grandfather.
(d) The parents.

2. How did fathers among colonial gentry control their adult children?
(a) They took away their possessions.
(b) They used corporal punishment.
(c) They took them to court.
(d) They threathened disinheritance.

3. What percentage of southern colonists were aristocrats?
(a) 5-6%.
(b) 4-5%.
(c) 7-8%.
(d) 2-3%.

4. How could a colonial adolescent master a particular skill or learn a discipline?
(a) Learn from a sibling.
(b) Learn from parents.
(c) Be indentured or go to school.
(d) Be privately tutored.

5. What was the highest class of British society called?
(a) Aristocracy.
(b) Hierarchy.
(c) Monarchy.
(d) Egalitarianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the middle of the 18th century, what did many revolutionary leaders feel the colonies still needed?

2. What was another name for colonial commoners?

3. In the American colonies, what was the euphemistic name for every kind of personal connection, even if inherently unequal?

4. When Ben Franklin was a boy, what important man discussed books with him?

5. After retiring, what does Ben Franklin do that later embarrasses him?

(see the answer key)

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