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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What caused the colonies to think as a unit instead of separate states?
(a) The Assembly.
(b) The Midnight Ride.
(c) The Stamp Act.
(d) The Tea Party.

3. What does "Chapter Five" say was sweeping through the colonies at the time of Benjamin Franklin's invitation to join the Freemasons?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) The Great Awakening.
(c) Indians.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

4. When did Benjamin Franklin return to America?
(a) 1761.
(b) 1764.
(c) 1763.
(d) 1762.

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

6. What traveling preacher was Benjamin Franklin partial to?
(a) Samuel Hemphill.
(b) Stephen Williams.
(c) George Whitefield.
(d) Jonathan Edwards.

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

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

9. How long was Benjamin Franklin expecting to stay in London, according to "Chapter Eight"?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 8 months.

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

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

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

13. Where did Benjamin Franklin arrive at the start of "Chapter One"?
(a) Boston.
(b) London.
(c) Concord.
(d) Philadelphia.

14. Who formed the Junto?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Proprietors.
(d) Mostly poor tradesman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Paxton Boys kill?

2. What governorship did William Franklin obtain?

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

4. What was the name of Benjamin Franklin's mother?

5. How did Benjamin Franklin think Britain treated Americans?

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