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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Benjamin Franklin's father's name?
(a) Josiah.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) William.
(d) Jeremiah.

2. What did Williams receive that created strife with Benjamin Franklin?
(a) A royal appointment.
(b) An appointment in the royal military.
(c) A bribe.
(d) A postmastership.

3. When did Benjamin Franklin retire from his printing business?
(a) 1746.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1748.
(d) 1747.

4. Who went with Benjamin Franklin on a surveying trip?
(a) Jane.
(b) Polly.
(c) Sally.
(d) Elizabeth.

5. Why did Benjamin Franklin create his militia?
(a) Because of the threat from England.
(b) Because of religious uprising.
(c) Because of the threats from the French.
(d) Because of the threats from French and Indian war.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Benjamin Franklin made a full member of the assembly?

2. Whom did the British send to push the French out of the Ohio valley?

3. What militia did Benjamin Franklin create?

4. Where did John Rogers disappear?

5. What did Benjamin Franklin's assignment as clerk allowed him to take away from Bradford?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Stamp Act of 1765?

2. What was Franklin invited to join in December 1730?

3. What troubled Franklin about William?

4. What were the Paxton Boys?

5. How did Franklin typify the American ideal, according to "Chapter One"?

6. To what did Franklin hope to be assigned, in "Chapter Nine"?

7. What did Braddock underestimate and what did Franklin do to help the situation?

8. What was lightning considered prior to Franklin's work?

9. Why did the postage service become a public issue rather than a private interest?

10. What did Franklin do in an effort to sink Keimer, in "Chapter Four"?

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