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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Franklin invent his famous stove?
(a) 1742.
(b) 1738.
(c) 1736.
(d) 1740.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Franklin took a moment in Chapter XI to talk about his electrical experimentation and detailed his encounter with which individual?

4. In what year did the physician friend of Franklin propose a town hospital?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Franklin relate regarding his appointment to the position of clerk of the General Assembly?

2. What personal problems did Franklin sustain as a result of his delaying his trip to England to negotiate with Lord Loudoun?

3. What transpired when the colonies proposed their united government to the British crown?

4. When troubles arose between the Assembly and Captain Denny, what initially took place when Lord Loudoun was sent over from England?

5. What transpired subsequent to Franklin's pursuit of the office of justice of the peace?

6. What disturbed Franklin regarding the British capability to defend the colonies?

7. What sort of education system did Franklin develop?

8. What was Franklin able to do once he had sold most of his businesses?

9. What was Franklin's proposal given France's increasing threat to the American colonies?

10. How did Franklin respond to the British reaction to their suspicions of the American colonies?

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