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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 did the French try to do when Benjamin Franklin went to France?
(a) Give him asylum.
(b) Get him to stay in France.
(c) Retrace his ancestry to France.
(d) Give him citizenship.

2. What did Benjamin Franklin invent in August 1784?
(a) Bifocal glasses.
(b) Microscope.
(c) Telescope.
(d) Magnifying glass.

3. How old was Benjamin Frankly when he died?
(a) 84.
(b) 78.
(c) 86.
(d) 80.

4. Where were Burgoyne and his forces defeated?
(a) Battle of Bunker Hill.
(b) Battle of Ticonderoga.
(c) Battle of Cherbourg.
(d) Battle of Saratoga.

5. What is the name of the little story that Benjamin Franklin wrote to explain his personality?
(a) The baglette.
(b) The baguette.
(c) The balette.
(d) The bagatelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Benjamin Franklin sign the Franco-American treaty?

2. When did Benjamin Franklin die?

3. Who were Benjamin Franklin's commissioners?

4. Where was America's first embassy in France?

5. What ship was John Paul Jones battling with when he said, "I have not yet begun to fight!"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Congress accept in May 1785 ,and what did Franklin do?

2. What did Franklin attempt to do when he went to France, in "Chapter Thirteen"?

3. What did Franklin forsake on March 20, 1778?

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

5. What was Franklin the only person to do?

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

7. What did Franklin inadvertently invent?

8. What did John Adams and Franklin disagree over, in "Chapter Fifteen"?

9. Who was Arthur Bancroft?

10. Who secretly met with Franklin?

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