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QUESTIONS
1. In what century was colonial life at its best?
2. Of what classes was society composed?
3. Describe the life on a large plantation.
4. What is said of the life of a planter?
5. Give a description of Mrs. Washington's home life.
6. What is Bishop Meade's comment?
7. Describe the "Great House."
8. What of the architecture of this period?
9. What is said of the overseer's house?
10. Tell of the furniture.
11. Describe the kitchen, and the method of cooking.
12. Tell of the negro quarters.
13. How were the negroes generally treated by their masters?
14. What does Bruce say of this?
15. Describe the planter's dress, and that of his wife.
16. What of the roads, and how was traveling done?
17. What were the advantages of plantation life?
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