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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 caused Benjamin Franklin's friendship with James Ralph to end?
(a) A woman.
(b) A bid.
(c) A game.
(d) A job.

2. On the way to London, who offered to pay Benjamin Franklin's way back to America?
(a) Mr. Denham.
(b) Mr. Danson.
(c) Mr. Dapson.
(d) Mr. Darcy.

3. How did Benjamin Franklin think Britain treated Americans?
(a) As asocials.
(b) As first-class citizens.
(c) As ignorant.
(d) As second-class citizens.

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

5. When did the Boston Massacre occur?
(a) March 5, 1770.
(b) March 25, 1770.
(c) March 5, 1771.
(d) March 15, 1772.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walter Isaacson think Benjamin Franklin exemplified?

2. Why was Benjamin Franklin vilified by some?

3. What happened to Benjamin Franklin's father's first wife?

4. What consequences did the end of the partnership between Benjamin Franklin and David Hall have?

5. How long did Benjamin Franklin stay in England on his third voyage there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What method did Franklin adopt for his arguments and why?

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

7. How were Americans regarded in London?

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

9. How long did Franklin think he would work in London, in "Chapter Eight"?

10. What was the Union Fire Company?

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