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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Benjamin Franklin when his grandchild, Benjamin Franklin Bache, was born?
(a) France.
(b) London.
(c) At sea.
(d) Pennsylvania.

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

3. Who was appointed co-postmaster following the death of the previous co-postmaster?
(a) John Quincy.
(b) John Adams.
(c) John Foxcroft.
(d) John Paxton.

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

5. Who did Benjamin Franklin stay with while in London?
(a) Madame Hume.
(b) Margaret Stevenson.
(c) Margaret Jacobson.
(d) Madame Helvetius.

6. When did Benjamin Franklin's partnership with David Hall end?
(a) Middle of 1766.
(b) End of 1765.
(c) Beginning of 1766.
(d) End of 1766.

7. Where did John Rogers disappear?
(a) The West Indies.
(b) Africa.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Bahamas.

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

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

10. What faction did Benjamin Franklin's paper support?
(a) The elected Assembly.
(b) The Penns.
(c) The Freemasons.
(d) The royalists.

11. Why was Benjamin Franklin vilified by some?
(a) His focus on atheism.
(b) His focus on women.
(c) His focus on practicality.
(d) His focus on religion.

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

13. How old was Benjamin Franklin when he was enrolled in Latin school?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

14. "Chapter Five" says Benjamin Franklin did not accept what?
(a) Taxation.
(b) Church dogma.
(c) Calvinism.
(d) Freemasonry.

15. What was Benjamin Franklin's father's name?
(a) William.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) Josiah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Benjamin Franklin and his new co-postmaster extend the postal service to?

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

4. When was Benjamin Franklin invited to join the Freemasons?

5. Where did Benjamin Franklin arrive at the start of "Chapter One"?

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