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

2. How old was Benjamin Franklin when he was enrolled in Latin school?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

3. Whom did the British send to push the French out of the Ohio valley?
(a) General Benedict Arnold.
(b) General William Alexander.
(c) General Alexander McDougall.
(d) General Edward Braddock.

4. Why did Benjamin Frankly create the Junto?
(a) To talk about a rebellion.
(b) To further his business life.
(c) To speak about politics.
(d) To loan books.

5. What made Benjamin Franklin an opponent of the proprietor's control over the colonies?
(a) The stamp tax.
(b) The French revolution.
(c) The Sherman act.
(d) The French and Indian war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Francis Franklin die of?

2. When did Deborah give birth to a daughter?

3. What manifesto did Benjamin Franklin write on his way to London?

4. What did Benjamin Franklin theorize attracted lightning?

5. What did Benjamin Franklin say he would rather build, according to "Chapter Five"?

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