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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Benjamin Frankly when he died?
(a) 86.
(b) 84.
(c) 80.
(d) 78.

2. How many papers are considered to be the ones founding the republic?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. What did Temple and General Lafayette want to stage?
(a) A trade embargo on England.
(b) An attack on London.
(c) Land invasion of England.
(d) Sea invasion of England.

4. When did the British troops try to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock?
(a) June 18, 1775.
(b) April 18, 1775
(c) May 18, 1775.
(d) March 18, 1776.

5. When were the British defeated at Yorktown?
(a) November 1781.
(b) September 1781.
(c) August 1781.
(d) October 1781.

6. What letters did Benjamin Franklin forward?
(a) The Hillsborough Letters.
(b) The Hutchinson Letters.
(c) The Hume Letters.
(d) The Hall Letters.

7. Who did Benjamin Franklin form a flirtatious relationship with while writing his family history?
(a) The Shipley girl.
(b) The Stevenson girl.
(c) The Hewson girl.
(d) The Twyford girl.

8. What did Benjamin Franklin inadvertently invent?
(a) Invisible ink.
(b) Rubber.
(c) Daylight savings time.
(d) The telescope.

9. Where was America's first embassy in France?
(a) Passy.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Lyon.

10. How old was Benjamin Franklin when he started writing his family history?
(a) 55.
(b) 65.
(c) 60.
(d) 70.

11. What did Benjamin Franklin and William fight over?
(a) Temple and politics.
(b) Politics and William's wife.
(c) Temple and William's wife.
(d) The British.

12. What was the mission of the committee Benjamin Franklin chaired?
(a) To replace the British ships.
(b) To replace British taxes.
(c) To replace the British postal service.
(d) To replace British currency.

13. Where did Benjamin Franklin meet George Washington to discuss the troops?
(a) New York City.
(b) Boston.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Philadelphia.

14. When did Silas Deane's replacement arrive in France?
(a) April 1778.
(b) March 1778.
(c) June 1778.
(d) May 1778.

15. What did the French try to do when Benjamin Franklin went to France?
(a) Retrace his ancestry to France.
(b) Give him citizenship.
(c) Give him asylum.
(d) Get him to stay in France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who missed Benjamin Franklin's affection while at school?

2. What career did Temple try and fail at after he returned to America?

3. What did Benjamin Franklin give to the rebellion?

4. What did General Howe confiscate in Philadelphia?

5. When did Sally and the women of Philadelphia raise donations to sew new shirts for the troops?

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