Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Test | Final Test - Easy

Walter Isaacson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 97 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Test | Final Test - Easy

Walter Isaacson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 97 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When did Congress accept Benjamin Franklin's resignation?
(a) August 1785.
(b) May 1785.
(c) April 1785.
(d) July 1785.

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

6. What did Benjamin Franklin invent in August 1784?
(a) Microscope.
(b) Bifocal glasses.
(c) Telescope.
(d) Magnifying glass.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Where was America's first embassy in France?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Lyon.
(d) Passy.

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

14. What is the name of the little story that Benjamin Franklin wrote to explain his personality?
(a) The bagatelle.
(b) The baguette.
(c) The balette.
(d) The baglette.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Benjamin Franklin study on his voyage back to America, in "Chapter Twelve"?

2. What did John Paul Jones do before the Revolution war?

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

4. Who did Benny marry?

5. What position did Benjamin Franklin take at the Masonic lodge in France?

(see the answer keys)

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