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

2. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?
(a) Income.
(b) Physical labor.
(c) Education.
(d) Birth status.

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

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

5. How was high office in colonial America considered?
(a) As a right and responsibility.
(b) As a sacrifice and burden.
(c) As a profession and profit.
(d) As an honor and privilege.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in colonial America had the best opportunity to become wealthy?

2. In colonial America, a person who didn't have to work for a living still held what responsibility?

3. In colonial America, what were women considered from a legal standpoint?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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