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

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

3. What circumstance was unknown in small scale colonial American society?
(a) Privacy.
(b) Opposition.
(c) Conformity.
(d) Dissent.

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

5. How did colonial gentry demonstrate virtue?
(a) By consuming enough to employ the commoners.
(b) By supporting trade schools and farms.
(c) By church attendance and charitable contributions.
(d) By righteous behavior and virtuous living.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did fathers among colonial gentry control their adult children?

3. How did colonial Americans look on black slavery?

4. What relationship did the American farmer have with the land he worked?

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

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