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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 Benjamin Franklin say the middle class had few of?
(a) Scientists.
(b) Historians.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Politicians.

2. What did Benjamin Franklin observe while touring England, in "Chapter Eleven"?
(a) The industrial revolution.
(b) The war.
(c) The media.
(d) The assembly.

3. How many papers are considered to be the ones founding the republic?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

4. What did Benjamin Franklin give to the rebellion?
(a) His home.
(b) His salary.
(c) His patents.
(d) His horses.

5. What Masonic lodge did Benjamin Franklin go to in France?
(a) Masonic Lodge of the Nine Fathers.
(b) Masonic Lodge of France.
(c) Masonic Lodge of the Nine Sisters.
(d) Masonic Lodge of the Nine Brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the convention to discuss the new constitution take place?

2. Who did the French want Benjamin Franklin to meet?

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

4. When did General Howe take Philadelphia?

5. What bird did Benjamin Franklin want as national bird?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Second Continental Congress create?

2. What was Franklin the only person to do?

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

4. What happened on December 16, 1773?

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

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

7. What did Franklin turn the world's mind to and how did this effect America?

8. Who secretly met with Franklin?

9. What did Franklin take over, according to "Chapter Fourteen"?

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

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