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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was another name for colonial gentlemen?
(a) Egalitarians.
(b) Patricians.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Aristocrats.

3. How did colonial Americans look on black slavery?
(a) As a necessary evil.
(b) As just another form of dependency.
(c) As an abomination.
(d) As an institution which needs legislation.

4. Who spoke for and was responsible for servants, slaves, and tenants?
(a) They were responsible for themselves.
(b) The head of the household.
(c) No one was responsible for them.
(d) The colonial government.

5. What percentage of southern colonists were aristocrats?
(a) 5-6%.
(b) 4-5%.
(c) 2-3%.
(d) 7-8%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are people regarded in a hierarchical society?

2. What kind of colonial churches dominated the first third of the 18th century?

3. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?

4. How could a colonial adolescent master a particular skill or learn a discipline?

5. Who was the head of a colonial household?

(see the answer key)

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