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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the college Benjamin Franklin opened?
(a) The anti-religion college.
(b) The anti-Empire college.
(c) The nonsectarian college.
(d) The non-England college.

2. What does Walter Isaacson say Benjamin Franklin easily made?
(a) Long-term relationships with women.
(b) Casual female friends.
(c) Casual male friends.
(d) Long-term relationships with men.

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

4. Why did Benjamin Franklin work only a short time as a merchant?
(a) He was offered a job.
(b) The store closed.
(c) He was needed elsewhere.
(d) Mr. Denham died.

5. Where did Benjamin Franklin and his new co-postmaster extend the postal service to?
(a) All 13 colonies.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Mexico.

6. Who did Benjamin Franklin seek to work for?
(a) The centering people.
(b) The distant people.
(c) The middling people.
(d) The nearby people.

7. What did Benjamin Franklin think of the bill proposed by the Proprietors?
(a) It was poorly worded.
(b) It was illegal.
(c) It was unequal.
(d) It was not applicable.

8. Why did the Assembly send Benjamin Franklin back to England?
(a) To give ships back to England.
(b) To present a request to reverse taxation.
(c) To give the Paxton Boys back to England.
(d) To present a petition against Proprietors.

9. What did Benjamin Franklin use to attract lightning away from villages?
(a) A wood post.
(b) A key.
(c) A rod.
(d) A rubber mat.

10. When was Benjamin Franklin born?
(a) January 27, 1705.
(b) January 7, 1706.
(c) January 7, 1708.
(d) January 17, 1706.

11. When did the Assembly vote to send Benjamin Franklin back to England?
(a) September 1764.
(b) December 1764.
(c) November 1764.
(d) October 1764.

12. Who was Benjamin Franklin reunited with while in England?
(a) William's mother.
(b) A romantic interest.
(c) William's illegitimate son.
(d) Franklin's sister.

13. When did Benjamin Franklin retire from his printing business?
(a) 1746.
(b) 1747.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1748.

14. How long did Benjamin Franklin spend touring the colonies?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 5 months.

15. What did Williams receive that created strife with Benjamin Franklin?
(a) An appointment in the royal military.
(b) A royal appointment.
(c) A postmastership.
(d) A bribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Benjamin Franklin's partnership with David Hall end?

2. What caused Benjamin Franklin's friendship with James Ralph to end?

3. Who was co-postmaster, according to "Chapter Nine" and "Chapter Ten"?

4. Where was Benjamin Franklin when his grandchild, Benjamin Franklin Bache, was born?

5. Who did Sally wish to marry in 1767?

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