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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 General Howe confiscate in Philadelphia?
(a) Franklin's house and possessions.
(b) Franklin's experiments.
(c) Franklin's business.
(d) Franklin's family.

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

3. What was the mission of the committee Benjamin Franklin chaired?
(a) To replace British taxes.
(b) To replace the British postal service.
(c) To replace the British ships.
(d) To replace British currency.

4. When did General Howe take Philadelphia?
(a) November 1777.
(b) October 1777.
(c) August 1777.
(d) September 1777.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Deborah Franklin die?

2. Whom did he compose the poem "Here Skugg/Lies snug/As a bug/In a rug" for?

3. When did Benjamin Franklin travel to France, according to "Chapter Thirteen"?

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

5. What did Benjamin Franklin give to the rebellion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What could Americans not agree on?

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

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

5. What did the Second Continental Congress create?

6. Who criticized Franklin's ideas, according to the "Conclusion"?

7. What did Franklin begin writing when he stayed with the Shipley family in Twyford, in "Chapter Eleven"?

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

9. What did Franklin edit in Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence?

10. Who was Arthur Bancroft?

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