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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Benjamin Franklin send his last letter to?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Adams.
(c) George Washington.
(d) John Hancock.

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

3. Where were Burgoyne and his forces defeated?
(a) Battle of Bunker Hill.
(b) Battle of Saratoga.
(c) Battle of Cherbourg.
(d) Battle of Ticonderoga.

4. When did Benjamin Franklin travel to Quebec?
(a) May 1775.
(b) March 1775.
(c) March 1776.
(d) April 1776.

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

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

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

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

9. Whom did he compose the poem "Here Skugg/Lies snug/As a bug/In a rug" for?
(a) A dead mouse.
(b) A dead dog.
(c) A dead squirrel.
(d) A dead friend.

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

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

12. What did Benjamin Franklin try to do in France?
(a) Remain anonymous.
(b) Remain in the country.
(c) Remain with his family.
(d) Remain alone.

13. When did General Howe take Philadelphia?
(a) November 1777.
(b) September 1777.
(c) August 1777.
(d) October 1777.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What office was Benjamin Franklin elected to after the end of the War for Independence?

4. What bird did Benjamin Franklin want as national bird?

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

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