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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What manifesto did Benjamin Franklin write on his way to London?
(a) Plan for Future Conduct.
(b) The Way to Wealth.
(c) Poor Richard's Almanac.
(d) A memoir.

2. What traveling preacher was Benjamin Franklin partial to?
(a) Stephen Williams.
(b) Jonathan Edwards.
(c) George Whitefield.
(d) Samuel Hemphill.

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

4. What did Benjamin Franklin's father do for a living?
(a) He made tea.
(b) He wrote books.
(c) He made candles and soap.
(d) He grew cotton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Benjamin Franklin born?

2. Who offered to help Benjamin Franklin set up his own printing shop?

3. "Chapter Two" states Franklin's family name meant what in the Middle Ages?

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

5. What did the Junto Library allow Benjamin Franklin to do?

(see the answer key)

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