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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Franklin took a moment in Chapter XI to talk about his electrical experimentation and detailed his encounter with which individual?
(a) Dr. Spencer.
(b) Dr. Spence.
(c) Dr. Spinster.
(d) Dr. Spins.

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

3. Franklin set out to England anyway but was delayed in New York for how long as he missed his ship due to Loudoun's visit?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) Months.

4. Where did Franklin meet Braddock and gained the general's trust?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maryland.
(c) New York.
(d) New Jersey.

5. Braddock was overconfident and did what?
(a) Scoffed at the colonists.
(b) Relied on his training.
(c) Relied on his experience.
(d) Scoffed at Benjamin's advice.

6. Franklin said it made more sense to start at the beginning and learn which language?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Teutonic.
(c) Greek.
(d) Latin.

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

8. What did Mr. Whitefield construct a large building for?
(a) Anyone of any sect who had something to say to a large mass.
(b) Anyone who wished to preach Christianity to a large mass.
(c) Anyone who wanted to preach Protestantism to a large mass.
(d) Anyone who desired to preach fundamentalism to a large mass.

9. Franklin wrote the Almanac to provide what?
(a) Information, not politics or gossip.
(b) Religion, information, and gossip.
(c) Information, helpful tips, and politics.
(d) Information, both political and daily life.

10. What bad news prompted Franklin to go to Boston again?
(a) To visit his father, who was dying.
(b) To visit his mother, who was dying.
(c) To visit James, who was dying.
(d) To visit James, who was in jail again.

11. There was soon much frustration between the Assembly and the governor, so Franklin was sent to England to appeal about what?
(a) What laws applied to the colonies.
(b) If they would replace the governor.
(c) Who was in charge.
(d) What rights the colonists had.

12. A new preacher arrived of whom Franklin approved as his sermons supported virtuous values, and he published pamphlets for him until he soon learned his sermons plagiarized which individuals?
(a) Latin scholars.
(b) German scholars.
(c) English scholars.
(d) Greek scholars.

13. Franklin established a militia to protect the English colonies from who?
(a) Germans, French.
(b) Spanish, French.
(c) French, Indians.
(d) Spanish, Germans.

14. Which college evolved from Franklin's endeavors in public education?
(a) University of Philadelphia, and later Eastern College.
(b) University of Philadelphia, and later Arcadia University.
(c) University of Philadelphia, and later Pennsylvania State University.
(d) University of Philadelphia, and later the University of Pennsylvania.

15. Who would appoint a grand-president?
(a) Colonial governments.
(b) Colonial landowners.
(c) The crown.
(d) Male property owners over 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the colonial military group arrived in these territories, however, they found what?

2. Who was Franklin's friend that suggested they build a town hospital?

3. After the British army failed, the colonies were even more anxious to develop and fund what?

4. Franklin's men complied, but it rained, and how many of the farmers were killed due to guns that failed?

5. On a brief trip to London, Franklin proposed what?

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