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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Franklin learn about Governor Keith's letters of credit?
(a) They were worthless.
(b) They only carried value in America.
(c) They were of highest esteem.
(d) They held minimal value abroad.

2. How did Franklin eventually practice his faith?
(a) As a Catholic.
(b) As a Methodist.
(c) As a member of his friend's fundamentalisst church.
(d) Privately, in his own way.

3. Franklin proposed the use of what in Philadelphia?
(a) Electrical trolley cars.
(b) Horse-drawn trolley cars.
(c) Taxi carriages.
(d) Street lamps.

4. Who was it Franklin provided his virtues list for?
(a) Future Americans.
(b) All of his descendants.
(c) His son, William.
(d) Some of his descendants.

5. Franklin became the Postmaster and had the opportunity to do what?
(a) Travel around England.
(b) Travel around America.
(c) Travel around Pennsylvania.
(d) Travel around Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Franklin's first library system, subscribers paid the cost of how many books as a fee?

2. What project did Franklin undertake subsequent to the public hospital?

3. Which colleges awarded Franklin honorary degrees?

4. What did Franklin institute using the building that Mr. Whitefield built?

5. What did Franklin hope would result when he included his collection of virtues in his autobiography?

(see the answer key)

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