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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 happened to Benjamin Franklin's father's first wife?
(a) She disappeared.
(b) She divorced him.
(c) She became ill.
(d) She died.

2. What was the name of Benjamin Franklin's mother?
(a) Abril Forger.
(b) Adriane Foldren.
(c) Abby Folson.
(d) Abiah Folger.

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

4. What did Benjamin Franklin say he would rather build, according to "Chapter Five"?
(a) "A City of Saints than the City of Sinners."
(b) "A City of Man than the City of God."
(c) "A City for Man."
(d) "A City for the Colony."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who formed the Junto?

2. Why was Benjamin Franklin vilified by some?

3. Who was the printer that Benjamin Franklin met in New York, according to "Chapter Three" and "Chapter Four"?

4. When was Benjamin Franklin born?

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

(see the answer key)

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