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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Benny marry?
(a) Margaret Markoe.
(b) Roberta Callwell.
(c) Mary Humph.
(d) Sophie Hume.

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

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

4. When did Sally and the women of Philadelphia raise donations to sew new shirts for the troops?
(a) November 1778.
(b) December 1778.
(c) December 1779.
(d) November 1779.

5. What did Benjamin Franklin do with the angry letter he wrote?
(a) He sent it.
(b) He gave it to the other founding fathers.
(c) He burned it.
(d) He never sent it but had it published.

6. What ship was John Paul Jones battling with when he said, "I have not yet begun to fight!"?
(a) The Colonial.
(b) The Hopewell.
(c) The Royale.
(d) The Serapis.

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

8. Who was the nemesis Benjamin Franklin met while traveling Ireland and Scotland?
(a) Hillsborough.
(b) Hume.
(c) Hutchinson.
(d) Keimer.

9. What position did Benjamin Franklin take at the Masonic lodge in France?
(a) Grand Master.
(b) High Lord.
(c) High Chair.
(d) Grand Regent.

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

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

12. Where was Benjamin Franklin summoned to stand trial for forwarding the letters?
(a) Cushings.
(b) Boston.
(c) Thames.
(d) Cockpit.

13. What ship was John Paul Jones commissioned to command?
(a) The Bonhomme Richard.
(b) Two Friends.
(c) The USS Alfred.
(d) King George.

14. What did "Chapter Sixteen," "Chapter Seventeen," and "Conclusion" say was added to Franklin's house?
(a) A visitor center.
(b) A new kitchen.
(c) A library.
(d) An infirmary.

15. What woman was Benjamin Franklin's neighbor in France?
(a) Madame Hiroe.
(b) Madame Helvetius.
(c) Madame Deane.
(d) Madame Brillon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Benjamin Franklin send his last letter to?

2. Who did Benjamin Franklin form a flirtatious relationship with while writing his family history?

3. When did Benjamin Franklin travel to France, according to "Chapter Thirteen"?

4. What did Temple and General Lafayette want to stage?

5. What did Benjamin Franklin request after securing a loan for the war?

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