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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rather than change the name of the paper, James did what?
(a) Made an older brother the owner.
(b) Sold it to a friend and ran it for him.
(c) Made Benjamin Franklin the owner.
(d) Made Josiah Franklin the owner.

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

3. In what other fields of employment did Franklin note some eventually found interest?
(a) Legal and political.
(b) Financial and medical.
(c) Military and political.
(d) Legal and medical.

4. James started his own newspaper in the early 1720s he called what?
(a) The New England Courant.
(b) Boston Glove.
(c) The Philadelphia Enquirer.
(d) Middletown Press.

5. Franklin said his father was an "agreeable" man but very traditional, serious, and what else?
(a) Strict.
(b) Important.
(c) Demanding.
(d) Religious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Franklin noted he was honest about his achievements without being falsely humble or arrogant and stipulated he would have changed some details to look better but did not for what reason?

2. At age 12, Franklin was indentured to James, his older brother, until he was how old?

3. Josiah was impressed by the letter of recommendation and allowed Franklin's return to Philadelphia to do what?

4. Josiah and his second wife had how many children?

5. En route back to Philadelphia his first time, Franklin went to New York to meet Collins and took what with him?

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