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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was another name for colonial commoners?
(a) Serfs.
(b) Plebians.
(c) Patricians.
(d) Egalitarians.

2. Who was an important patron of Ben Franklin?
(a) Thomas Penn.
(b) David Hume.
(c) William Gouch.
(d) William Keith.

3. In colonial America, what was done with a political effigy?
(a) It was burned.
(b) It was hanged.
(c) It was buried.
(d) It was pubically beaten.

4. How was intermarriage and inbreeding looked upon by colonial gentry?
(a) It is forbidden.
(b) It is illegal.
(c) It is encouraged.
(d) It is commonplace.

5. After retiring, what does Ben Franklin do that later embarrasses him?
(a) Commission a special gun.
(b) Commission a portrait.
(c) Commission a house.
(d) Commission a uniform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was another name for colonial gentlemen?

2. In colonial America, who was rescued from poverty as a fourteen-year-old boy, only to become one of Virginia's most distinguished leaders?

3. Who must yield power for a government to be good?

4. What would eventually secure the people's right to participate in government?

5. How was high office in colonial America considered?

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