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

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

3. Who did Benjamin Franklin send his last letter to?
(a) John Hancock.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) George Washington.

4. What does Walter Isaacson say wasn't a straight path for Benjamin Franklin?
(a) Being an interrogator.
(b) Becoming a soldier.
(c) Being a prisoner.
(d) Becoming a rebel.

5. Who was the nemesis Benjamin Franklin met while traveling Ireland and Scotland?
(a) Keimer.
(b) Hillsborough.
(c) Hutchinson.
(d) Hume.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many papers are considered to be the ones founding the republic?

2. What did Sally send to France as a present for the Queen?

3. When did Sally and the women of Philadelphia raise donations to sew new shirts for the troops?

4. What did Benjamin Franklin inadvertently invent?

5. When did the British troops try to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What hit France in 1783?

6. What did the Second Continental Congress create?

7. Who secretly met with Franklin?

8. Who was Arthur Bancroft?

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

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

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