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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the college Benjamin Franklin opened?
(a) The nonsectarian college.
(b) The anti-religion college.
(c) The anti-Empire college.
(d) The non-England college.

2. How did Britain rationalize sending convicts to America?
(a) The change in punishment would discipline them.
(b) The change in climate would change their dispositions.
(c) The change in food would discipline them.
(d) The change in government would change them.

3. 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."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Benjamin Franklin born?

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

3. Who did Benjamin Franklin hope his son would marry?

4. What did Francis Franklin die of?

5. Where did Benjamin Franklin arrive at the start of "Chapter One"?

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