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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Benjamin Franklin invent to help his brother John?
(a) The light bulb.
(b) The thermometer.
(c) The i.v.
(d) The urinary catheter.

2. Who went with Benjamin Franklin on a surveying trip?
(a) Jane.
(b) Polly.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Sally.

3. Whose coronation did Benjamin Franklin attend in 1761?
(a) King George I.
(b) King George IV.
(c) King George III.
(d) King George II.

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

5. Who did Benjamin Franklin hope his son would marry?
(a) Mary Walass.
(b) Caty Ray.
(c) Polly Stevenson.
(d) Ingrid De Franch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Benjamin Franklin vilified by some?

2. Who was France's foreign minister at the time of Benjamin Franklin's visit?

3. Who was appointed co-postmaster following the death of the previous co-postmaster?

4. Where did Benjamin Franklin store electricity?

5. When did Benjamin Franklin sign the Franco-American treaty?

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