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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the friend Benjamin Franklin met while traveling Ireland and Scotland?
(a) David Bache.
(b) David Hume.
(c) David Hutchinson.
(d) David Hall.

2. What bird did Benjamin Franklin want as national bird?
(a) The bald eagle.
(b) The turkey.
(c) The golden eagle.
(d) The chicken.

3. What career did Temple try and fail at after he returned to America?
(a) Farming.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Printing.
(d) Politics.

4. What did John Paul Jones do before the Revolution war?
(a) He was a foot soldier.
(b) He was a privateer.
(c) He was a spy.
(d) He was a navigator.

5. Who prevented the British troops from arresting Samuel Adams and John Hancock?
(a) Paul Revere.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Jonas Clarke.
(d) Doctor Prescott.

6. Who were Benjamin Franklin's commissioners?
(a) Silas Deane and Arthur Lee.
(b) Madame Chaumont and Silas Deane.
(c) Arthur Bancroft and Silas Deane.
(d) Arthur Lee and Arthur Bancroft.

7. What did Benjamin Franklin request after securing a loan for the war?
(a) To go on vacation.
(b) To read.
(c) To take on a new role.
(d) To retire.

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

9. When did William publish some of his father's work?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1817.
(d) 1815.

10. When did Benjamin Franklin die?
(a) April 17, 1790.
(b) April 17, 1786.
(c) April 7, 1784.
(d) April 17, 1792.

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

12. When did Deborah Franklin die?
(a) Christmas Day of 1774.
(b) Christmas Eve of 1774.
(c) New Year's Eve of 1774.
(d) New Year's Day of 1775.

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

14. What did Benjamin Franklin observe while touring England, in "Chapter Eleven"?
(a) The assembly.
(b) The industrial revolution.
(c) The war.
(d) The media.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did he compose the poem "Here Skugg/Lies snug/As a bug/In a rug" for?

2. When did balloon mania hit France?

3. What did Benjamin Franklin invent in August 1784?

4. What Masonic lodge did Benjamin Franklin go to in France?

5. Who was the nemesis Benjamin Franklin met while traveling Ireland and Scotland?

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