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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Benjamin Franklin court before going to London?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Jane.

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

3. What did Benjamin Franklin's writing help create?
(a) Unionized Tradesman.
(b) The Miners Union.
(c) Union Fire Company.
(d) Union Water Company.

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

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

6. "Chapter One" argues Benjamin Franklin was the country's first what?
(a) Physicist.
(b) Politician.
(c) Inventor.
(d) Publicist.

7. What did Benjamin Franklin believe about individualism and communitarianism?
(a) They are needed for survival.
(b) They are overrated.
(c) They are not achievable.
(d) They are not sought after.

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

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

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

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

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

13. When was Benjamin Franklin made a full member of the assembly?
(a) 1752.
(b) 1753.
(c) 1751.
(d) 1750.

14. What militia did Benjamin Franklin create?
(a) The Colonist Militia.
(b) The United Militia.
(c) The Pennsylvania Militia.
(d) The Boston Militia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Deborah follow Benjamin Franklin to London?

2. What did Francis Franklin die of?

3. What is the current name of the college Benjamin Franklin opened?

4. Whom did the British send to push the French out of the Ohio valley?

5. Why did Benjamin Franklin work only a short time as a merchant?

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