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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Junto Library allow Benjamin Franklin to do?
(a) Understand legal terminology.
(b) Gain knowledge of the happenings in London.
(c) Interact with the upperclass.
(d) Correspond with women abroad.

2. When did Deborah Franklin die?
(a) New Year's Eve of 1774.
(b) Christmas Eve of 1774.
(c) Christmas Day of 1774.
(d) New Year's Day of 1775.

3. What did Williams receive that created strife with Benjamin Franklin?
(a) An appointment in the royal military.
(b) A bribe.
(c) A royal appointment.
(d) A postmastership.

4. Who did Benjamin Franklin form a flirtatious relationship with while writing his family history?
(a) The Twyford girl.
(b) The Shipley girl.
(c) The Stevenson girl.
(d) The Hewson girl.

5. Who told Benjamin Franklin that "as you go through this world--and you'll miss many hard thumps"?
(a) Cotton Mather.
(b) Cotton Mahon.
(c) Cotton Makson.
(d) Cotton Matson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Benjamin Franklin when his grandchild, Benjamin Franklin Bache, was born?

2. Who was the friend Benjamin Franklin met while traveling Ireland and Scotland?

3. Who survived the British expedition against the French in the Ohio Valley to become a pillar of the Revolutionary war?

4. What militia did Benjamin Franklin create?

5. What caused Benjamin Franklin's friendship with James Ralph to end?

(see the answer key)

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