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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the printer Benjamin Franklin was referred to in Philadelphia?
(a) Samson Kremson.
(b) Samuel Kreimer.
(c) Sampson Kramer.
(d) Samuel Keimer.

2. Where did Benjamin Franklin store electricity?
(a) In Grayson Jars.
(b) In a key.
(c) On boiler plates.
(d) In Leyden Jars.

3. Who did William Franklin marry?
(a) Elizabeth Downes.
(b) Sally Devonshire.
(c) Elizabeth Downy.
(d) Polly Stevenson.

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

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

6. What did Benjamin Franklin's assignment as clerk allowed him to take away from Bradford?
(a) His newspaper.
(b) The postmastership.
(c) His bank.
(d) His printing shop.

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

8. What caused Benjamin Franklin's friendship with James Ralph to end?
(a) A job.
(b) A bid.
(c) A game.
(d) A woman.

9. Who was the printer that Benjamin Franklin met in New York, according to "Chapter Three" and "Chapter Four"?
(a) William Bradson.
(b) William Bradford.
(c) William Brady.
(d) William Bracon.

10. What did Benjamin Franklin's concern over national identity foreshadow?
(a) His involvement in the right to bear arms.
(b) His involvement with the Revolution.
(c) His involvement with freedom of speech.
(d) His involvement in the postal system.

11. What made Benjamin Franklin an opponent of the proprietor's control over the colonies?
(a) The stamp tax.
(b) The Sherman act.
(c) The French revolution.
(d) The French and Indian war.

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

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

14. What did the Junto Library allow Benjamin Franklin to do?
(a) Correspond with women abroad.
(b) Interact with the upperclass.
(c) Gain knowledge of the happenings in London.
(d) Understand legal terminology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Chapter One" argues Benjamin Franklin was the country's first what?

2. What traveling preacher was Benjamin Franklin partial to?

3. Benjamin Franklin disliked immigrants from what country?

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

5. Who did the Paxton Boys kill?

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