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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was Benjamin Franklin expecting to stay in London, according to "Chapter Eight"?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 5 months.

2. What country experimented with Benjamin Franklin's lightning theories, solidifying Benjamin Franklin's international reputation?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Italy.
(d) America.

3. On the way to London, who offered to pay Benjamin Franklin's way back to America?
(a) Mr. Darcy.
(b) Mr. Dapson.
(c) Mr. Danson.
(d) Mr. Denham.

4. When did Benjamin Franklin retire from his printing business?
(a) 1745.
(b) 1747.
(c) 1748.
(d) 1746.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Benjamin Franklin spend touring the colonies?

2. How many prints were made of Benjamin Franklin's Dissertation?

3. What does Walter Isaacson think Benjamin Franklin exemplified?

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

5. Whose coronation did Benjamin Franklin attend in 1761?

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