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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 5 Identities and Motivations: The Dual Emigration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. These characteristics are shared with other societies, but is America's way of life unique?
(a) No.
(b) Not very.
(c) Yes.
(d) A little.

2. In the pre-Revolutionary years, many people emigrated from where?
(a) France.
(b) The European continent.
(c) The British mainland.
(d) England.

3. Why is the data source that the author mentions incomplete?
(a) It includes only information for England and Scotland.
(b) It includes only information about males.
(c) It includes only information about life after emigration.
(d) It includes only information about those who are indentured servants.

4. The information sent to where is sent directly to the Treasury in London without any editing or summarization?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Edinburgh.

5. The emigrants listed in the Register sailed to America in how many different vessels?
(a) 202.
(b) 402.
(c) 302.
(d) 102.

Short Answer Questions

1. The overwhelming majority of the individuals emigrating gave their destinations as mainland North American colonies south of where?

2. Bailyn compares the Register's totals to notices of ships' arrivals in North America and finds what?

3. The ages of the emigrants tended to concentrate around what ages?

4. What does John Powell, an undersecretary of state for the colonies, suggest?

5. The largest occupation category is what?

(see the answer key)

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