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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 letters did Benjamin Franklin forward?
(a) The Hillsborough Letters.
(b) The Hutchinson Letters.
(c) The Hume Letters.
(d) The Hall Letters.

2. When did Deborah Franklin die?
(a) Christmas Eve of 1774.
(b) New Year's Day of 1775.
(c) New Year's Eve of 1774.
(d) Christmas Day of 1774.

3. What ship was John Paul Jones commissioned to command?
(a) Two Friends.
(b) The Bonhomme Richard.
(c) The USS Alfred.
(d) King George.

4. Who prevented the British troops from arresting Samuel Adams and John Hancock?
(a) Doctor Prescott.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Jonas Clarke.
(d) Paul Revere.

5. Who did historians learn was a spy for the British?
(a) Madame Chaumont.
(b) Silas Deane.
(c) Arthur Lee.
(d) Arthur Bancroft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Benjamin Franklin observe while touring England, in "Chapter Eleven"?

2. When did Benjamin Franklin die?

3. What did Benjamin Franklin say the middle class had few of?

4. When did balloon mania hit France?

5. Who did Benjamin Franklin form a flirtatious relationship with while writing his family history?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Franklin the only person to do?

2. What was Franklin's function at the convention, according to "Chapter Sixteen"?

3. Who was Arthur Bancroft?

4. Where did Franklin travel in August 1771 and whom did he meet?

5. Who was Madame Brillon?

6. What was Franklin not pleased with regarding the turkey?

7. What happened on August 18, 1775, according to "Chapter Twelve"?

8. What hit France in 1783?

9. What could Americans not agree on?

10. What happened on December 16, 1773?

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