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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Deborah give birth to a daughter?
(a) 1742.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1744.

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

3. With whom did Benjamin Franklin go to London?
(a) William.
(b) Caty Ray.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Sally.

4. What did Benjamin Franklin invented in 1742, according to "Chapter Six" and "Chapter Seven"?
(a) The Pennsylvania cariage.
(b) The Pennsylvania Fireplace.
(c) The Pennsylvania washing machine.
(d) The Pennsylvania light.

5. With whom did Benjamin Franklin set up his printing?
(a) Hugh Abraham.
(b) Meredith Hughes.
(c) Michael Hugh.
(d) Hugh Meredith.

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

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

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

9. What was Benjamin Franklin supposed to get in London for the printing shop?
(a) To get a business license for the printing shop.
(b) To get paper for the printing shop.
(c) To get fonts for the printing shop.
(d) To get financing for the printing shop.

10. What did Benjamin Franklin's father do for a living?
(a) He grew cotton.
(b) He made tea.
(c) He wrote books.
(d) He made candles and soap.

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

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

13. Benjamin Franklin disliked immigrants from what country?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who told Benjamin Franklin that "as you go through this world--and you'll miss many hard thumps"?

3. What made Benjamin Franklin an opponent of the proprietor's control over the colonies?

4. Where did Benjamin Franklin store electricity?

5. What did Benjamin Franklin recreate in London?

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