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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Benjamin Franklin arrive at the start of "Chapter One"?
(a) Boston.
(b) Concord.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) London.

2. What library did Franklin create?
(a) The Colonized Library.
(b) The New America Library.
(c) The Library of Congress.
(d) The Library Company of Philadelphia.

3. What faction did Benjamin Franklin's paper support?
(a) The elected Assembly.
(b) The royalists.
(c) The Freemasons.
(d) The Penns.

4. Who formed the Junto?
(a) Proprietors.
(b) Mostly poor tradesman.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Politicians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Benjamin Franklin's father do for a living?

2. Why did Benjamin Franklin create his militia?

3. What does "Chapter Five" say was sweeping through the colonies at the time of Benjamin Franklin's invitation to join the Freemasons?

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

5. What traveling preacher was Benjamin Franklin partial to?

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