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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did those individuals who found the library a popular hangout benefit?
(a) Little, as there were no reading assignments.
(b) Greatly, from exposure to books.
(c) Minimally, as most had to work and few had time to read.
(d) Minimally, as they were only passing through town.

2. En route back to Philadelphia his first time, Franklin went to New York to meet Collins and took what with him?
(a) His letter of referral.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) His father's Bible.
(d) Both his and Collins' books.

3. What did his new employer seek of Franklin?
(a) Expand the print shop.
(b) Obtain new printing customers.
(c) Obtain government work orders.
(d) Put his print shop back in order.

4. When Franklin asked for three pennies worth of something at a bakery in Philadelphia, he received three giant rolls and realized what?
(a) He would run out of money within two days.
(b) Not all the colonies were culturally identical.
(c) He should ask the prices first.
(d) Prices were relatively the same in the colonies.

5. Which colonial government was Franklin printing these documents for?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What public position did Franklin first achieve?

3. What did Franklin's new friend, Ralph, admit to him?

4. Franklin wrote the Almanac to provide what?

5. In his autobiography, the author noted the library became a popular hang-out for which individuals?

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