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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 was the name of the daughter of Benjamin Franklin's landlady while he was in London?

2. What militia did Benjamin Franklin create?

3. How did Benjamin Franklin think Britain treated Americans?

4. What did Francis Franklin die of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Franklin invited to join in December 1730?

2. What did the Library Company of Philadelphia allowed Franklin to do, according to "Chapter Five"?

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

4. What troubled Franklin about William?

5. How did Franklin typify the American ideal, according to "Chapter One"?

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

7. What was Franklin's view of the role of women?

8. Why couldn't Deborah and Franklin marry?

9. What were the Paxton Boys?

10. To what did Franklin hope to be assigned, in "Chapter Nine"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss who Thomas Jefferson was, the significance of the Declaration of Independence and Franklin's role in its creation.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Franklin's role in the Indian War as a leader of early American government, as well as a writer.

Essay Topic 3

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

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