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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Franklin received assistance from other intellectual club members for his business, but the club also supported what?
(a) His political excursions.
(b) Religious organizations.
(c) Benjamin's ex-employer's ventures.
(d) Scientific research Benjamin opposes.

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

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

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

5. Miss Read married another man during Franklin's absence, but what subsequently happened?
(a) Her husband moved to Boston, but she did not follow.
(b) She was unexpectedly widowed soon afterward.
(c) She was unhappy and left him shortly afterward.
(d) She was happy, but he left her unexpectedly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Their first customer was referred to them by which of Franklin's friends?

2. In his autobiography, what point did Franklin devote the most pages to?

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

4. Franklin's final competition was Bradford, who not only had a print shop, but ran what?

5. What happened when a rival learned Franklin planned to start a newspaper?

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