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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Mr. Whitefield set up an orphanage for in Georgia?
(a) Any children whose parents died.
(b) Children whose Christian parents died.
(c) Children whose indentured servant parents died.
(d) Children of the poor whose parents died.

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

4. Franklin believed in God and attended church how frequently?
(a) Seldomly.
(b) Twice weekly.
(c) Frequently.
(d) Weekly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Franklin courted which young lady before he left Philadelphia to select his printing equipment?

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

3. What happened upon this trip in England to represent the colonists that Franklin recorded in his autobiography?

4. Franklin loved his new life in Philadelphia and he became what?

5. These three elements Franklin discovered as essential to a happy individual became what for him?

(see the answer key)

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