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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Sixteen, Chapter Seventeen, and Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Francis Franklin die of?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Small pox.
(d) Pneumonia.

2. When was the Boston Tea Party?
(a) December 6, 1773.
(b) December 26, 1773.
(c) December 16, 1773.
(d) December 30, 1773.

3. What was the place of electricity in Benjamin Franklin's research?
(a) It was its cornerstone.
(b) He used it to explain anathomical problems.
(c) He studied it after weather paterns.
(d) It was a minor part.

4. Who was France's foreign minister at the time of Benjamin Franklin's visit?
(a) Comte Auguste.
(b) Comte Xavier.
(c) Comte Isidore.
(d) Comte de Vergennes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Pennsylvania Assembly win a libel case against?

2. Where did Benjamin Franklin meet George Washington to discuss the troops?

3. Who took over Benjamin Franklin's duty as clerk for the assembly?

4. Who did Benjamin Franklin write an angry letter to?

5. What career did Temple try and fail at after he returned to America?

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