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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 did colonial religious sects have in common?
(a) They advocated controlling authority.
(b) They advocated disobeying authority.
(c) They advocated honoring authority.
(d) They advocated disavowing authority.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of colonial churches dominated the first third of the 18th century?

2. What was another name for colonial gentlemen?

3. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?

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

5. What did the original American colonists pride themselves as being?

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