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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Deborah follow Benjamin Franklin to London?

2. When did Benjamin Franklin retire from his printing business?

3. Who did Benjamin Franklin court before going to London?

4. Who did Benjamin Franklin hope his son would marry?

5. Who was the Proprietor of Pennsylvania when Benjamin Franklin was in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Franklin write on his voyage, and why was it significant?

2. What did the Assembly vote to do, at the end of "Chapter Nine?"

3. What did Franklin do in an effort to sink Keimer, in "Chapter Four"?

4. What were Franklin's relationships like with other men?

5. Who was William Kieth, according to "Chapter Three"?

6. Why couldn't Deborah and Franklin marry?

7. What were the Paxton Boys?

8. What cut into Franklin's income at the end of 1766?

9. Why did Franklin create the Pennsylvania Militia?

10. What troubled Franklin about William?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Socratic method and how it influenced Franklin's arguments, as well as relationships with others.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the Second Continental Congress and its impact on early American government.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the relationship between Britain and the colonies in the 1700s.

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