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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 3 Searching for the Facts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the bill for which the Earl of Hillsborough fought?
(a) It is considered.
(b) It is accepted.
(c) It is modified.
(d) It is defeated.

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

3. As what do the colonies become known?
(a) A no man's land.
(b) A savage land.
(c) A potential gold mine in land values, consumer markets, and so on.
(d) A threat to British power.

4. How much regard is there for human suffering and rights?
(a) Much.
(b) Little.
(c) Some.
(d) A great amount of.

5. Do those in the colonies have to struggle to maintain the forms of civilized existence that were present elsewhere?
(a) No.
(b) Not much.
(c) A little.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into where does the population of the colonies spread?

2. In the pre-Revolutionary years, many people emigrated from where?

3. Why does Tompkyns soon hire an extra clerk?

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

5. What does the Earl of Hillsborough grasp?

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