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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Historically, what kinds of men are guilty for all wars and tyrannies?
(a) Politically powerful men.
(b) Educated men.
(c) Egotistical men.
(d) Extraordinary men.

3. What defined modern politicians as "persons who have little, if any regard for the welfare of the republic unless immediately connected with . . . their own private pursuits"?
(a) The Philadelphia News Journal.
(b) The Republican Voice.
(c) The Niles Weekly Register.
(d) The Federalist Weekly News.

4. In colonial America, what was the ultimate means of defending one's honor?
(a) Dueling.
(b) Distributing the truth in printed form.
(c) Debating the cause before equals.
(d) Going to court.

5. How did Colonel Landon Carter express his confusion about child rearing in colonial society?
(a) In a diary.
(b) In a series of lectures.
(c) In a series of newspaper articles.
(d) In a book.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What percent of colonial Americans were loyalists?

3. Who identified the source of the revolution as the dissolution of family authority?

4. How was the Anglican church part of politics in Britain?

5. In 1787, who said America lacked cohesion?

(see the answer key)

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