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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On a brief trip to London, Franklin proposed what?
(a) To start a public library system.
(b) To clean their streets also.
(c) To establish communal fire stations.
(d) To adopt their street lamp system.

2. Franklin noted the oldest son being apprenticed in a smithing trade was a tradition that went how far back?
(a) 500 years.
(b) 300 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 1,000 years.

3. What was it Franklin discovered in the end regarding his virtues?
(a) He was as virtuous as a human could be.
(b) He was not perfect and would never achieve perfection.
(c) He was not perfect and did not wish to be.
(d) He had mastered some virtues but not all.

4. Josiah and his second wife had how many children?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

5. What happened upon this trip in England to represent the colonists that Franklin recorded in his autobiography?
(a) His discussions with the King.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His discussions with the Queen.
(d) His discussions with English officials.

Short Answer Questions

1. Franklin wrote papers of all his discoveries which became famous around the globe, so much that renowned scholars began to doubt what?

2. Franklin was a founding member of an intellectual club bearing what name?

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

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

5. The concept of electricity intrigued Franklin and he did what?

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