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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The governor and Franklin sat down with Loudoun and discussed their arguments, and Franklin took what position for the Assembly?
(a) The colonists recognized the King, but also had rights.
(b) The colonists felt they could govern themselves.
(c) The colonists had certain rights.
(d) The colonists sought only to live frugally.

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. Braddock and the troops were sent for what two reasons?
(a) Occupation, keeping the colonies in line.
(b) Defense and to keep the colonies in line.
(c) Offense and to keep the colonies in line.
(d) Defense and to assist the colonies.

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

10. Mr. Whitefield was from which locale?
(a) England.
(b) Wales.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

11. After the British army failed, the colonies were even more anxious to develop and fund what?
(a) A private militia.
(b) A public militia.
(c) A public colonial army.
(d) A private quasi-military guard.

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

13. 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) English scholars.
(b) Latin scholars.
(c) Greek scholars.
(d) German scholars.

14. Franklin spoke on the doctor's behalf when he went before which governmental group?
(a) City Commission.
(b) General Assembly.
(c) Town Council.
(d) City Council.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Two expenses that the colonists sought repayment of were what?

3. Franklin established a militia to protect the English colonies from who?

4. What languages did Franklin learn during his lifetime?

5. What did Mr. Whitefield construct a large building for?

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