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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Chapter One" argues Benjamin Franklin was the country's first what?
(a) Publicist.
(b) Physicist.
(c) Politician.
(d) Inventor.

2. What caused Benjamin Franklin's friendship with James Ralph to end?
(a) A woman.
(b) A game.
(c) A job.
(d) A bid.

3. Who offered to help Benjamin Franklin set up his own printing shop?
(a) Governor William Keason.
(b) Governor William Kearson.
(c) Governor William Keats.
(d) Governor William Keith.

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

5. What did Benjamin Franklin approve of religion focusing on?
(a) Morality and compassion.
(b) Patience and virtue.
(c) Patience and morality.
(d) Morality and virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Benjamin Franklin work only a short time as a merchant?

2. Who did Benjamin Franklin court before going to London?

3. Which of Benjamin Franklin's ancestors migrated to America?

4. What was the name of the first character created by Benjamin Franklin?

5. Who told Benjamin Franklin that "as you go through this world--and you'll miss many hard thumps"?

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