4. RELIGIOUS STRIFE AND SOCIAL UPHEAVALS, 1680

Quiz for Comparative Analysis Elite Women’s Lives in the North American Colonies

Quiz for Comparative Analysis: Elite Women’s Lives in the North American Colonies

1. What aspect of the image of Isaac Royall and his family reveals the role of women compared to men in the eighteenth century?

The clothing of Isaac

The presence of the young female child

The stature of Isaac over the women

The hair styles of the women depicted

2. Which aspect of the women depicted in the image of Isaac Royall and his family reveals the wealth of the family?

Proper dress and pale complexion

Seated posture and dark hair

The number of children

The number of women

3. What does Royall's daughter’s clothing reveal about the expectation for her future role?

She would inherit the business of her father.

She was not allowed to play outside.

She was enjoying the freedom of childhood.

She was expected to always be a proper lady.

4. What does Eliza Lucas’s letter reveal about the life of a wealthy woman living on a plantation?

They often contributed nothing to their family’s plantation.

They participated at least partially in the management decisions.

They had no education or intellectual pursuits.

They travelled heavily and bore no responsibility at home.

5. Which of the following best summarizes the role of women in the documents and the eighteenth century more broadly?

Women had no role or influence outside of the home.

Women often played important, though limited, roles.

Men only appeared dominant but had no power in reality.

Women controlled all domestic aspects of life but nothing else.

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