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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Franklin convince a number of men to do?
(a) Stop drinking.
(b) Pay a lesser amount.
(c) Stop gambling.
(d) Stop paying.

2. Who offered to outfit a print shop for Franklin?
(a) A co-worker's cousin.
(b) A co-worker's uncle.
(c) A co-worker's father.
(d) His father.

3. His father told him he might consider helping him out if Franklin did what?
(a) Earned his passage back to Philadelphia.
(b) Worked in the printing trade for several more years.
(c) Saved a good portion of what he needed.
(d) Earned half the cost of his business first.

4. Franklin returned to Pennsylvania to become a clerk in whose new business?
(a) Mr. Denman's.
(b) Mr. Denham's.
(c) Mr. Denny's.
(d) Mr. Denfield's.

5. What was Franklin's promotion at the second firm?
(a) From press room to composing room.
(b) From composing room to editing office.
(c) From press room to editing office.
(d) From composing room to press room.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Franklin's former employers had expanded his business to include what?

2. After Franklin completed the task sought of him, what did the new employer do?

3. William Bradford referred Franklin to which son in Philadelphia, also a printer?

4. Franklin borrowed books from a shop which later inspired him to do what?

5. What languages did Franklin learn during his lifetime?

(see the answer key)

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