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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 inadvertently invent?
(a) The telescope.
(b) Invisible ink.
(c) Daylight savings time.
(d) Rubber.

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

3. When did William publish some of his father's work?
(a) 1817.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1815.

4. When were the British defeated at Yorktown?
(a) October 1781.
(b) August 1781.
(c) September 1781.
(d) November 1781.

5. What office was Benjamin Franklin elected to after the end of the War for Independence?
(a) Postmaster.
(b) Dean of Pennsylvania University.
(c) State president of Pennsylvania.
(d) Mayor of Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Benjamin Franklin try to do in France?

2. How old was Benjamin Franklin when he started writing his family history?

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

4. What did Benjamin Franklin and William fight over?

5. When was the Boston Tea Party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Franklin inadvertently invent?

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

3. What happened to William after Benjamin Franklin's death?

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

5. What hit France in 1783?

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

7. What was Franklin the only person to do?

8. How did Franklin view chess?

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

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

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