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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Benjamin Franklin seek to work for?
(a) The centering people.
(b) The nearby people.
(c) The middling people.
(d) The distant people.

2. Who told Benjamin Franklin that "as you go through this world--and you'll miss many hard thumps"?
(a) Cotton Matson.
(b) Cotton Makson.
(c) Cotton Mather.
(d) Cotton Mahon.

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

4. "Chapter Two" states Franklin's family name meant what in the Middle Ages?
(a) Freeman.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Fairness.
(d) Free thinker.

5. What did Benjamin Franklin's concern over national identity foreshadow?
(a) His involvement with the Revolution.
(b) His involvement with freedom of speech.
(c) His involvement in the right to bear arms.
(d) His involvement in the postal system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walter Isaacson think Benjamin Franklin exemplified?

2. What was Benjamin Franklin's father's name?

3. What did Benjamin Franklin approve of religion focusing on?

4. What faction did Benjamin Franklin's paper support?

5. What was Benjamin Franklin's daughter name?

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