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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Benjamin Franklin invent to help his brother John?
(a) The urinary catheter.
(b) The light bulb.
(c) The thermometer.
(d) The i.v.

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

3. What did Benjamin Franklin choose over hotheadedness to make his argument?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Certitude.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Cleverness.

4. What does Walter Isaacson think Benjamin Franklin exemplified?
(a) The American ideal of religion.
(b) The American ideal of upward mobility.
(c) The American ideal of freedom.
(d) The American ideal of philosophy.

5. Where did John Rogers disappear?
(a) Bahamas.
(b) The West Indies.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the place of electricity in Benjamin Franklin's research?

2. On the way to London, who offered to pay Benjamin Franklin's way back to America?

3. "Chapter Five" says Benjamin Franklin did not accept what?

4. What made Benjamin Franklin an opponent of the proprietor's control over the colonies?

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

(see the answer key)

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