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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which department did Franklin lobby for in Philadelphia that other cities simulated but he claimed was the best?
(a) Fire.
(b) Sewer.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Water.

2. What bad news prompted Franklin to go to Boston again?
(a) To visit James, who was in jail again.
(b) To visit his mother, who was dying.
(c) To visit James, who was dying.
(d) To visit his father, who was dying.

3. At his new employment, Franklin gave up part of his pay for what?
(a) A community poker ante.
(b) A community sports ante.
(c) A community horse racing ante.
(d) A community beer till.

4. How many virtues did Franklin live by from his twenties?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

5. These three elements Franklin discovered as essential to a happy individual became what for him?
(a) His approach to business.
(b) His path in government.
(c) His guide to the Bill of Rights.
(d) His true religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Franklin hated his father's trade and dreamed of doing what instead?

2. What was the crown's response to the American proposal?

3. Which colonial government was Franklin printing these documents for?

4. Which three friends did Franklin spend his last months in Philadelphia with?

5. Franklin regretted Miss Read's unfortunate marriage and did what?

(see the answer key)

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