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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who competed against Benjamin Franklin, as a result of Franklin's success as a printer?
(a) Andrew Hamilton.
(b) Benny Bache.
(c) Thomas Hutchinson.
(d) Andrew Bradford.

2. What does Walter Isaacson think Benjamin Franklin exemplified?
(a) The American ideal of freedom.
(b) The American ideal of religion.
(c) The American ideal of upward mobility.
(d) The American ideal of philosophy.

3. What militia did Benjamin Franklin create?
(a) The Pennsylvania Militia.
(b) The United Militia.
(c) The Boston Militia.
(d) The Colonist Militia.

4. What made Benjamin Franklin an opponent of the proprietor's control over the colonies?
(a) The stamp tax.
(b) The French revolution.
(c) The Sherman act.
(d) The French and Indian war.

5. What was Benjamin Franklin's father's name?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Josiah.
(d) William.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did he compose the poem "Here Skugg/Lies snug/As a bug/In a rug" for?

2. Whom did the British send to push the French out of the Ohio valley?

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

4. What does Walter Isaacson say wasn't a straight path for Benjamin Franklin?

5. When was Benjamin Franklin made a full member of the assembly?

(see the answer key)

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