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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "We see with other eyes; we hear with other ears"?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Lord Chesterfield.
(c) Thomas Paine.
(d) John Adams.

2. Who said America was "just emerging from the rude unpolished condition of an infant country"?
(a) Jonathan Mayhew.
(b) Joseph Addison.
(c) George Washington.
(d) William Livingston.

3. Who was the head of a colonial household?
(a) The matriarch.
(b) The oldest grandfather.
(c) The parents.
(d) The patriarch.

4. Who said that the secret of America's prosperity was the celebration of work?
(a) Theodore Sedgewick.
(b) Micheal Chevalier.
(c) Francis Grund.
(d) Edward Everett.

5. What was the main source of instability and anxiety in revolutionary America?
(a) Conspicuous consumption.
(b) Ostentatious aristocracy.
(c) Religious dissent.
(d) Pervasive equality.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the American colonies, what was the euphemistic name for every kind of personal connection, even if inherently unequal?

2. Who became the richest man in Gloucester, R.I., just a few years before the revolution?

3. What did conservatives say caused the degeneration of standards that were tainting America?

4. How are people regarded in a hierarchical society?

5. Who believed progress and social harmony would result from the enlightened conclusion of the new American society?

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