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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Benjamin Franklin approve of religion focusing on?
(a) Morality and virtue.
(b) Patience and morality.
(c) Morality and compassion.
(d) Patience and virtue.

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

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

4. "Chapter Two" states Franklin's family name meant what in the Middle Ages?
(a) Freeman.
(b) Free thinker.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Fairness.

5. 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.

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

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

8. What did Benjamin Franklin say he would rather build, according to "Chapter Five"?
(a) "A City of Man than the City of God."
(b) "A City of Saints than the City of Sinners."
(c) "A City for the Colony."
(d) "A City for Man."

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

10. Why was Benjamin Franklin vilified by some?
(a) His focus on practicality.
(b) His focus on atheism.
(c) His focus on women.
(d) His focus on religion.

11. Where did John Rogers disappear?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Africa.
(c) The West Indies.
(d) Bahamas.

12. What was the name of the daughter of Benjamin Franklin's landlady while he was in London?
(a) Molly.
(b) Polly.
(c) Sally.
(d) Dolly.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Benjamin Franklin have the assembly do to support a hospital?

2. What was the place of electricity in Benjamin Franklin's research?

3. What did Benjamin Franklin theorize attracted lightning?

4. Benjamin Franklin disliked immigrants from what country?

5. What did Benjamin Franklin invented in 1742, according to "Chapter Six" and "Chapter Seven"?

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