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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Philadelphia's approximate population in 1760?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

4. In the American colonies, what was the euphemistic name for every kind of personal connection, even if inherently unequal?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Dependency.
(c) Paternalism.
(d) Patronage.

5. Why was poverty considered a virtue for common colonial people?
(a) It kept them subjected.
(b) It kept them submissive.
(c) It kept them satisfied.
(d) It kept them industrious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What spending trend in colonial America did social conservatives condemn?

2. In colonial America, what was commonly manufactured in enormous quantities by the farming population?

3. What was the colonial role in the renewed Anglo-French warfare in the 1750s?

4. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?

5. How was high office in colonial America considered?

(see the answer key)

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