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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. Who was the printer that Benjamin Franklin met in New York, according to "Chapter Three" and "Chapter Four"?

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

3. What faction did Benjamin Franklin's paper support?

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

5. What did Benjamin Franklin use to attract lightning away from villages?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long did Franklin think he would work in London, in "Chapter Eight"?

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

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

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

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

6. Why couldn't Deborah and Franklin marry?

7. What caused some historians to think Franklin's experiment was faked?

8. What did Franklin always try to link, according to "Chapter One"?

9. How were Americans regarded in London?

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

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

Examine Franklin's religious persuasion during childhood and compare it with his adult life.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the Pennsylvania Militia in the life of the early colony, and examine why Franklin founded the Militia.

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