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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 did Benjamin Franklin court before going to London?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jane.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Margaret.

2. Who did Benjamin Franklin stay with while in London?
(a) Margaret Stevenson.
(b) Margaret Jacobson.
(c) Madame Hume.
(d) Madame Helvetius.

3. Where did Benjamin Franklin arrive at the start of "Chapter One"?
(a) Concord.
(b) Boston.
(c) London.
(d) Philadelphia.

4. When was Benjamin Franklin made a full member of the assembly?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1752.
(c) 1751.
(d) 1753.

5. What did Benjamin Franklin say he would rather build, according to "Chapter Five"?
(a) "A City for Man."
(b) "A City of Man than the City of God."
(c) "A City for the Colony."
(d) "A City of Saints than the City of Sinners."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Benjamin Franklin disliked immigrants from what country?

3. What manifesto did Benjamin Franklin write on his way to London?

4. What caused the colonies to think as a unit instead of separate states?

5. Whose coronation did Benjamin Franklin attend in 1761?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What troubled Franklin about William?

3. What was the Stamp Act of 1765?

4. What did Benjamin's apprenticeship at age 10 spark an interest in?

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

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

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

8. How were Americans regarded in London?

9. Who was William Kieth, according to "Chapter Three"?

10. Why did Franklin create the Pennsylvania Militia?

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