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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Masonic lodge did Benjamin Franklin go to in France?
(a) Masonic Lodge of the Nine Brothers.
(b) Masonic Lodge of the Nine Sisters.
(c) Masonic Lodge of France.
(d) Masonic Lodge of the Nine Fathers.

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

3. Who tried to undermine Benjamin Franklin by attacking Temple in America, according to "Chapter Fifteen"?
(a) Lee Adams.
(b) Arthur Lee.
(c) Temple Lee.
(d) John Adams.

4. What does Walter Isaacson say wasn't a straight path for Benjamin Franklin?
(a) Becoming a soldier.
(b) Being an interrogator.
(c) Becoming a rebel.
(d) Being a prisoner.

5. What office was Benjamin Franklin elected to after the end of the War for Independence?
(a) Mayor of Philadelphia.
(b) Postmaster.
(c) State president of Pennsylvania.
(d) Dean of Pennsylvania University.

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

7. Who missed Benjamin Franklin's affection while at school?
(a) Benny.
(b) Sally.
(c) Willy.
(d) Temple.

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

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

10. When did balloon mania hit France?
(a) 1784.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1783.
(d) 1785.

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

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

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

14. Who was Temple's illegitimate daughter raised by?
(a) Deborah.
(b) William.
(c) Sally.
(d) David Hume.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was France's foreign minister at the time of Benjamin Franklin's visit?

3. How old was Benjamin Franklin when he started writing his family history?

4. What did Benjamin Franklin give to the rebellion?

5. What was the mission of the committee Benjamin Franklin chaired?

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