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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 observe while touring England, in "Chapter Eleven"?
(a) The media.
(b) The assembly.
(c) The industrial revolution.
(d) The war.

2. What did Benjamin Franklin's concern over national identity foreshadow?
(a) His involvement with the Revolution.
(b) His involvement with freedom of speech.
(c) His involvement in the right to bear arms.
(d) His involvement in the postal system.

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

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

5. How are Benjamin Franklin's family history disguised as?
(a) A letter to his son.
(b) A letter to a friend.
(c) A letter to his grandson.
(d) A letter to Deborah.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Benjamin Franklin when he started writing his family history?

2. Who was Benjamin Franklin reunited with while in England?

3. When did Deborah give birth to a daughter?

4. When did Benjamin Franklin return to America?

5. Why was Benjamin Franklin vilified by some?

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