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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Chapter Five" say was sweeping through the colonies at the time of Benjamin Franklin's invitation to join the Freemasons?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) The Great Awakening.
(c) Indians.
(d) Dysentery.

2. What was Benjamin Franklin supposed to get in London for the printing shop?
(a) To get paper for the printing shop.
(b) To get financing for the printing shop.
(c) To get a business license for the printing shop.
(d) To get fonts for the printing shop.

3. What did Benjamin Franklin's assignment as clerk allowed him to take away from Bradford?
(a) His printing shop.
(b) His bank.
(c) The postmastership.
(d) His newspaper.

4. What does Walter Isaacson say Benjamin Franklin easily made?
(a) Casual female friends.
(b) Long-term relationships with men.
(c) Long-term relationships with women.
(d) Casual male friends.

5. What manifesto did Benjamin Franklin write on his way to London?
(a) A memoir.
(b) The Way to Wealth.
(c) Poor Richard's Almanac.
(d) Plan for Future Conduct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Benjamin Franklin store electricity?

2. What traveling preacher was Benjamin Franklin partial to?

3. How long did Benjamin Franklin spend touring the colonies?

4. When did Deborah Franklin die?

5. What did Benjamin Franklin use to attract lightning away from villages?

(see the answer key)

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