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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. Who was co-postmaster, according to "Chapter Nine" and "Chapter Ten"?
(a) William Hunter.
(b) William Paxton.
(c) William Penn.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

2. What made Benjamin Franklin an opponent of the proprietor's control over the colonies?
(a) The Sherman act.
(b) The stamp tax.
(c) The French and Indian war.
(d) The French revolution.

3. What does Walter Isaacson say Benjamin Franklin easily made?
(a) Long-term relationships with men.
(b) Long-term relationships with women.
(c) Casual male friends.
(d) Casual female friends.

4. Who was appointed co-postmaster following the death of the previous co-postmaster?
(a) John Quincy.
(b) John Foxcroft.
(c) John Adams.
(d) John Paxton.

5. What library did Franklin create?
(a) The Library Company of Philadelphia.
(b) The New America Library.
(c) The Colonized Library.
(d) The Library of Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Benjamin Franklin's brother James arrested?

2. When did the Assembly vote to send Benjamin Franklin back to England?

3. Who did the Paxton Boys kill?

4. Where did Benjamin Franklin arrive at the start of "Chapter One"?

5. Who was Benjamin Franklin's favorite sibling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Library Company of Philadelphia allowed Franklin to do, according to "Chapter Five"?

2. What atmosphere did Franklin recreate?

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

4. What were Franklin's goals, according to "Chapter Ten?"

5. What were Franklin's relationships like with other men?

6. With whom did Franklin stay during his time in London?

7. What caused some historians to think Franklin's experiment was faked?

8. Why couldn't Deborah and Franklin marry?

9. Why did Franklin's family migrate to America, according to "Chapter Two"?

10. Why did Franklin create the Pennsylvania Militia?

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