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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was England increasingly suspicious of the colonies' intentions, especially when Franklin was escorted to a ferry by an honor guard?
(a) They were distrusting of this pomp.
(b) They viewed such activities being reserved for the British, not colonists.
(c) Franklin was the representative who appeared before the King's court.
(d) This was only seen in royalty.

3. What did Franklin regret about his son who died?
(a) The boy was so young.
(b) He did not have the boy immunized.
(c) He did not have any way to protect him.
(d) There is no way to avoid smallpox.

4. Franklin wrote that if you performed an act of kindness for a person, what would that person do?
(a) Seek out another and perform a kindness.
(b) Let others know about the favor they received.
(c) Be very appreciative and thank you.
(d) Return the favor when a future need arose.

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

6. 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) 2 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) Months.
(d) 6 weeks.

7. Franklin presented Loudoun with an account of all the expenses he incurred in support of Braddock and his troops, and he received how much in repayment?
(a) 2,400 pounds.
(b) 500 pounds.
(c) Nothing.
(d) 1,200 pounds.

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

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

10. What public position did Franklin first achieve?
(a) General Assembly Spokesman.
(b) General Assembly Master.
(c) Clerk of the General Assembly.
(d) Brigadier of the General Assembly.

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

12. 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. Spinster.
(c) Dr. Spence.
(d) Dr. Spins.

13. What did the new governor present to Franklin?
(a) His gold medal.
(b) His directive from the King.
(c) His orders from the Queen.
(d) His credentials.

14. The concept of electricity intrigued Franklin and he did what?
(a) Read about it in the library.
(b) Discussed it with members of his intellectual club.
(c) Purchased his own equipment to learn more.
(d) Discussed it with scholars at the local college.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many Quakers did not believe in war, but few opposed the militia for what reason?

2. The British troops' march was disastrous and most of the men were killed or wounded, and the rest fled back where?

3. As he believed people should have free access to things that improved their lives, what did Franklin do in regard to his stove?

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

5. In what year did Franklin invent his famous stove?

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