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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. Where dd Benjamin Franklin set up his printing shop?
(a) Main Street.
(b) Pearl Street.
(c) 1st Street.
(d) Market Street.

2. Who was Benjamin Franklin's favorite sibling?
(a) His younger brother Thomas.
(b) His younger sister Jane.
(c) His younger brother Joseph.
(d) His younger sister Anne.

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

4. What was the name of the first character created by Benjamin Franklin?
(a) Silence Dogood.
(b) Sigfried Dietrich.
(c) Sidonia Dogwood.
(d) Siannan Dogon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Benjamin Franklin's ancestors migrated to America?

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

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

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

5. Where was Benjamin Franklin when his grandchild, Benjamin Franklin Bache, was born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Franklin write on his voyage, and why was it significant?

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

4. What was the Stamp Act of 1765?

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

6. What did the Assembly vote to do, at the end of "Chapter Nine?"

7. What three areas did Franklin attack the Penns over?

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

9. What cut into Franklin's income at the end of 1766?

10. What were the Paxton Boys?

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