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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who formed the Junto?
(a) Upper class.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Mostly poor tradesman.
(d) Proprietors.

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

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

5. When did Deborah give birth to a daughter?
(a) 1745.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1742.
(d) 1744.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Benjamin Franklin think of the bill proposed by the Proprietors?

2. Who fathered an illegitimate child in 1760?

3. How are Benjamin Franklin's family history disguised as?

4. Where was Benjamin Franklin summoned to stand trial for forwarding the letters?

5. What consequences did the end of the partnership between Benjamin Franklin and David Hall have?

(see the answer key)

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