Handout B: Vocabulary and Context Questions – Benjamin Rush (1745-1813)

VOCABULARY AND CONTEXT QUESTIONS

Excerpts from “Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic” (1798)

1. Vocabulary: Use context clues to determine the meaning or significance of each of these words and write their definitions:
   1. complexion
   2. nurseries
   3. homogeneous
   4. intelligible
   5. effectual
   6. inculcated
   7. approbation
   8. reciprocal
2. Context: Answer the following questions.
   1. When was this document written?
   2. Who wrote this document?
   3. What type of document is this?
   4. What was the purpose of this document?