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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While waiting to set up his own shop, Franklin printed what for a colonial government?
(a) Land deeds.
(b) Money.
(c) Birth, death certificates.
(d) Colonial decrees.

2. Rather than change the name of the paper, James did what?
(a) Sold it to a friend and ran it for him.
(b) Made an older brother the owner.
(c) Made Josiah Franklin the owner.
(d) Made Benjamin Franklin the owner.

3. Franklin said that when he thought about religion, he settled on what as the key factors of a successful and happy human being?
(a) Trust, sincerity, integrity.
(b) Truth, sincerity, integrity.
(c) Truth, sincerity, intelligence.
(d) Truth, simplicity, integrity.

4. How did Franklin eventually practice his faith?
(a) As a Catholic.
(b) As a Methodist.
(c) As a member of his friend's fundamentalisst church.
(d) Privately, in his own way.

5. Franklin made a final note about his not going to public church services as perhaps "blamable" but that he made no excuse as his purpose was to do what?
(a) Relate facts, but ensure all are included.
(b) Relate facts, and let chips fall as they may.
(c) Relate facts, not waste time.
(d) Relate facts, not make apologies for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Franklin's men were leaving this area, how many farmers approached them and asked for guns for protection?

2. How many virtues did Franklin live by from his twenties?

3. Franklin hated his father's trade and dreamed of doing what instead?

4. Franklin took a moment in Chapter XI to talk about his electrical experimentation and detailed his encounter with which individual?

5. What did Franklin regret about his son who died?

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