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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were some of the inventions of Franklin's beyond his stove?
(a) Lightning rod, flexible urinary catheter, and the water pump.
(b) Bifocal glasses, recoiless rifle, and the lightning rod.
(c) Metal harmonica, visual glasses, and the flexible urinary catheter.
(d) Bifocal eyeglasses, the glass harmonica, and the lightning rod.

2. Franklin's troops moved on to what location where they found most of the inhabitants dead?
(a) Gnadinger Park.
(b) Gnadendorf.
(c) Gnadenhutten.
(d) Gnadenwald.

3. Which organization awarded Franklin an honorary membership and a gold medal?
(a) Royal Exploratory Society of Cambridge.
(b) Royal Order in Scientific Exploration of London.
(c) Royal Society of London.
(d) Society of Scientific Knowledge in Wellington.

4. As he became acquainted with the new governor, Franklin learned who was not only still alive but was seen as one of the best political writers in England?
(a) His mentor Henry.
(b) His friend Osborne.
(c) His friend Watson.
(d) His friend Ralph.

5. Franklin's men complied, but it rained, and how many of the farmers were killed due to guns that failed?
(a) Nearly all.
(b) All but 1.
(c) All of them.
(d) Several.

6. As Franklin's men were leaving this area, how many farmers approached them and asked for guns for protection?
(a) 11.
(b) 22.
(c) Several dozen.
(d) 16.

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

8. When did Franklin first write his Poor Richard's Almanac?
(a) 1730.
(b) 1734.
(c) 1736.
(d) 1732.

9. The president would confer with a council representing which group?
(a) Colonial governments.
(b) Male property owners over 21.
(c) Colonial landowners.
(d) The different colonies.

10. How successful was Franklin's funding proposal for the hospital?
(a) Funding was about in accordance with the original plan.
(b) Funding was soon more than in the original plan.
(c) Funding was far slower than in the initial plan.
(d) Funding was somewhat slower than in the initial plan.

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

12. Franklin's son died of smallpox at what age?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

13. In what year did the physician friend of Franklin propose a town hospital?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1753.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1751.

14. As he believed people should have free access to things that improved their lives, what did Franklin do in regard to his stove?
(a) Refused to patent it.
(b) Manufactured them, sold without a profit.
(c) Donated profits from sales to charity.
(d) Helped othrs construct their stoves.

15. When the colonial military group arrived in these territories, however, they found what?
(a) They were nearly eliminated.
(b) They were having problems with only a few Indian tribes.
(c) They had already set up a defense system.
(d) They were returning to the colonies for the most part.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Franklin regret about his son who died?

2. Braddock and the troops were sent for what two reasons?

3. What did Franklin acquire for the British officers?

4. Which foreign troops were barbaric toward the American colonists?

5. What did Franklin institute using the building that Mr. Whitefield built?

(see the answer keys)

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