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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. When did Silas Deane's replacement arrive in France?
(a) March 1778.
(b) May 1778.
(c) June 1778.
(d) April 1778.

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

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

12. What did General Howe confiscate in Philadelphia?
(a) Franklin's house and possessions.
(b) Franklin's family.
(c) Franklin's experiments.
(d) Franklin's business.

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

14. What did Benjamin Franklin study on his voyage back to America, in "Chapter Twelve"?
(a) The climate.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Alarm systems.
(d) The Gulf Stream.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Burgoyne and his forces defeated?

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

3. How are Benjamin Franklin's family history disguised as?

4. How many articles detailing the new United Colonies of North America did Benjamin Franklin write?

5. What woman was Benjamin Franklin's neighbor in France?

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