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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, a person who didn't have to work for a living still held what responsibility?
(a) He owed service to society.
(b) He owed money to society.
(c) He owed jobs to the unemployed.
(d) He owed charity to the poor.

2. What was critical to the success of colonial American office holders?
(a) Stable family life.
(b) Social respectability.
(c) Freedom from debt.
(d) Personal accountability.

3. What relationship did the American farmer have with the land he worked?
(a) He was a tenant.
(b) He lent it.
(c) He borrowed it.
(d) He was the owner.

4. What kind of colonial churches dominated the first third of the 18th century?
(a) Denominationally supported churches.
(b) Centralized state supported churches.
(c) Independent congregation supported churches.
(d) Organizational and society supported churches.

5. What was the highest level of knowledge of a trade in colonial America?
(a) Journeyman.
(b) Apprentice.
(c) Expert.
(d) Master.

Short Answer Questions

1. In colonial America, what emerged after politics cease to be a contest among prominent families?

2. How was high office in colonial America considered?

3. What was another name for colonial commoners?

4. In colonial America, which pairs of words were "opposites and irreconcilable"?

5. Who in colonial America had the best opportunity to become wealthy?

(see the answer key)

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