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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Benjamin Franklin say the middle class had few of?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Historians.

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

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

5. 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.

6. Where did the convention to discuss the new constitution take place?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington, D.C.

7. What did Benny become after Benjamin Franklin's return in America, according to "Chapter Sixteen," "Chapter Seventeen," and "Conclusion"?
(a) An inventor.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A publicist.
(d) A printer.

8. Who was France's foreign minister at the time of Benjamin Franklin's visit?
(a) Comte Isidore.
(b) Comte de Vergennes.
(c) Comte Auguste.
(d) Comte Xavier.

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

10. When was the provisional treaty for the end of the war?
(a) November 30, 1782.
(b) November 23, 1783.
(c) November 13, 1783.
(d) November 3, 1782.

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

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

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

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

15. Who did Benjamin Franklin write an angry letter to?
(a) William Straham.
(b) William Franlin.
(c) William Strahan.
(d) William Penn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Benjamin Franklin summoned to stand trial for forwarding the letters?

3. How many papers are considered to be the ones founding the republic?

4. To what woman did Benjamin Franklin jokingly propose marriage?

5. What ship was John Paul Jones commissioned to command?

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