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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Franklin's new employer who encouraged him to return to America do suddenly?
(a) Went bankrupt.
(b) Moved.
(c) Died.
(d) Quit.

2. What was it Franklin discovered in the end regarding his virtues?
(a) He was not perfect and would never achieve perfection.
(b) He was not perfect and did not wish to be.
(c) He was as virtuous as a human could be.
(d) He had mastered some virtues but not all.

3. Franklin borrowed books from a shop which later inspired him to do what?
(a) Open a public library system in America.
(b) Open a private library in Philadelphia.
(c) Open a bookshop in New York City.
(d) Open a bookshop in Philadelphia.

4. Which colonial government was Franklin printing these documents for?
(a) New York.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. In reading his autobiography, one can see that Franklin fell into what category?
(a) Skeptic.
(b) Gullible.
(c) Perfectionist.
(d) Rationalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Franklin's response to those who played pranks on him when he did not pay into the pot?

2. Franklin took great pride when he lived in what fashion?

3. Franklin wrote the Almanac to provide what?

4. Franklin said it made more sense to start at the beginning and learn which language?

5. In Franklin's first library system, subscribers paid the cost of how many books as a fee?

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