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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main consideration for a colonial man to be considered a gentleman?
(a) He must be a member of a political party and the militia.
(b) He must be free from material and intellectual want.
(c) He must be a land owner and a church member.
(d) He must be a married man with good standing in the community.

2. Who said he didn't know how to keep America from "sliding down into the mire of democracy"?
(a) James Kent.
(b) Fisher Ames.
(c) Oliver Wolcott.
(d) George Cabot.

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

4. How did John Locke view a child's mind?
(a) As foolish until educated.
(b) As useless and unformed.
(c) As moldable as clay.
(d) As a blank slate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious belief did Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin hold?

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

3. Which President said, "Parties would always exist"?

4. How was high office in colonial America considered?

5. Who said America was "just emerging from the rude unpolished condition of an infant country"?

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