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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 does "Chapter Five" say was sweeping through the colonies at the time of Benjamin Franklin's invitation to join the Freemasons?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) Indians.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) The Great Awakening.

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

3. What manifesto did Benjamin Franklin write on his way to London?
(a) A memoir.
(b) The Way to Wealth.
(c) Plan for Future Conduct.
(d) Poor Richard's Almanac.

4. Whose coronation did Benjamin Franklin attend in 1761?
(a) King George I.
(b) King George III.
(c) King George IV.
(d) King George II.

5. Why was Benjamin Franklin's brother James arrested?
(a) Because of defamation.
(b) Because of libel.
(c) Because of his political views.
(d) Because of contempt of court.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the printer Benjamin Franklin was referred to in Philadelphia?

2. What is the current name of the college Benjamin Franklin opened?

3. When did Benjamin Franklin return to America?

4. What did Benjamin Franklin have the assembly do to support a hospital?

5. What did Benjamin Franklin's concern over national identity foreshadow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Franklin always try to link, according to "Chapter One"?

2. What was James' the first to fight for?

3. Why did Franklin create the Pennsylvania Militia?

4. What were the Paxton Boys?

5. What troubled Franklin about William?

6. What did Franklin open, in "Chapter Seven"?

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

8. What was the Stamp Act of 1765?

9. What atmosphere did Franklin recreate?

10. How were Americans regarded in London?

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