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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many prints were made of Benjamin Franklin's Dissertation?
(a) 300.
(b) 100.
(c) 400.
(d) 200.

2. What did Benjamin Franklin approve of religion focusing on?
(a) Patience and morality.
(b) Morality and compassion.
(c) Patience and virtue.
(d) Morality and virtue.

3. Whom did the British send to push the French out of the Ohio valley?
(a) General Alexander McDougall.
(b) General William Alexander.
(c) General Edward Braddock.
(d) General Benedict Arnold.

4. What did Benjamin Franklin have the assembly do to support a hospital?
(a) Match raised money with public money.
(b) Create health insurance.
(c) Create socialized health care.
(d) Match public money with raised money.

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

6. How long did Benjamin Franklin stay in England on his third voyage there?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

7. On the way to London, who offered to pay Benjamin Franklin's way back to America?
(a) Mr. Denham.
(b) Mr. Dapson.
(c) Mr. Danson.
(d) Mr. Darcy.

8. Who told Benjamin Franklin that "as you go through this world--and you'll miss many hard thumps"?
(a) Cotton Mahon.
(b) Cotton Matson.
(c) Cotton Makson.
(d) Cotton Mather.

9. Which of Benjamin Franklin's ancestors migrated to America?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

10. What governorship did William Franklin obtain?
(a) Governorship of Massachusetts.
(b) Governorship of Pennsylvania.
(c) Governorship of New Jersey.
(d) Governorship of New York.

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

12. When was Benjamin Franklin invited to join the Freemasons?
(a) December 1832.
(b) December 1830.
(c) December 1831.
(d) December 1829.

13. 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.

14. Who did Benjamin Franklin meet during his summer travels in England?
(a) Lafayette.
(b) David Hume.
(c) King George II.
(d) George Washington.

15. What library did Franklin create?
(a) The Colonized Library.
(b) The Library Company of Philadelphia.
(c) The Library of Congress.
(d) The New America Library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Proprietor of Pennsylvania when Benjamin Franklin was in London?

2. What was the name of the daughter of Benjamin Franklin's landlady while he was in London?

3. What did Benjamin Franklin's father do for a living?

4. When did Benjamin Franklin return to America?

5. Who offered to help Benjamin Franklin set up his own printing shop?

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