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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. What did Benjamin Franklin approve of religion focusing on?

2. What was the name of the college Benjamin Franklin opened?

3. "Chapter Two" states Franklin's family name meant what in the Middle Ages?

4. What was the place of electricity in Benjamin Franklin's research?

5. Who did William Franklin marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was George Whitefield, and what did Franklin admire about him?

2. What did Benjamin's apprenticeship at age 10 spark an interest in?

3. What were the Paxton Boys?

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

5. What was the Union Fire Company?

6. What method did Franklin adopt for his arguments and why?

7. Why couldn't Deborah and Franklin marry?

8. What were Franklin's goals, according to "Chapter Ten?"

9. What did the colony's safety depend on?

10. What did Franklin open, in "Chapter Seven"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Franklin's beliefs typified the Age of Enlightenment and conclude why his ideas were excluded from the canon of philosophy.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Franklin's relationship with women, such as Deborah Read, Madame Helvetius, and others.

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