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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Charles Wilson Peale.
(b) Edmund Pendleton.
(c) Daniel Dulagy.
(d) Benjamin Robinson.

2. How did colonial gentry demonstrate virtue?
(a) By consuming enough to employ the commoners.
(b) By righteous behavior and virtuous living.
(c) By church attendance and charitable contributions.
(d) By supporting trade schools and farms.

3. When Ben Franklin was a boy, what important man discussed books with him?
(a) William Burnet.
(b) Andrew Hamilton.
(c) James Logan.
(d) William Allen.

4. What was it called when Ben Franklin appointed his friends and family to official positions after he became Deputy Postmaster General of North America?
(a) Prerogativism.
(b) Patronage.
(c) Consequentialism.
(d) Paucity.

5. How were domestic servants treated in colonial America as compared to Europe at that same time?
(a) With more brutality and humiliation.
(b) With less free time and days off.
(c) With more kindness and compassion.
(d) With fewer accommodations and conveniences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was another name for colonial commoners?

2. What relationship did the British farmer have with the land he worked?

3. When meeting someone new in colonial America, what was required for confidence in dealing with that person?

4. At the middle of the 18th century, what did many revolutionary leaders feel the colonies still needed?

5. What was the main consideration for a colonial man to be considered a gentleman?

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