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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In the late 18th century, what replaced whipping and execution as penal codes?
(a) Rehabilitation.
(b) Deportation.
(c) Restitution.
(d) Imprisonment.

3. Who was the head of a colonial household?
(a) The parents.
(b) The patriarch.
(c) The oldest grandfather.
(d) The matriarch.

4. In colonial America, who was rescued from poverty as a fourteen-year-old boy, only to become one of Virginia's most distinguished leaders?
(a) Benjamin Robinson.
(b) Daniel Dulagy.
(c) Edmund Pendleton.
(d) Charles Wilson Peale.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who resigned from Congress in 1778 because he did not feel he could be a good Congressman because of necessity he was also compelled to practice law?

2. Who argued that Britain was an unnatural parent?

3. Who believed progress and social harmony would result from the enlightened conclusion of the new American society?

4. How did Colonel Landon Carter express his confusion about child rearing in colonial society?

5. Who believed that each individual was responsible for his or her eternal salvation or damnation?

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