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

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

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

4. The British sent how many military troops to the American colonies led by General Braddock?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. 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) 500 pounds.
(b) 2,400 pounds.
(c) Nothing.
(d) 1,200 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Franklin noted his kite experiment, which he was proud to see written about where?

2. Which college evolved from Franklin's endeavors in public education?

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?

4. What did the governor argue before Loudoun?

5. How successful was Franklin's funding proposal for the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the analogy Franklin related between religion and fog?

2. In terms of libeling, what guidelines did Franklin note he printed his newspaper by?

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

4. What was Franklin's approach to Captain Denny upon his arrival from England?

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

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

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

8. What was the result of some farmers' request as Franklin's militia prepared to leave the territory?

9. How did Franklin describe his trip across the ocean?

10. What was one instance Franklin related about government officials skirting the technicalities of legal requirements?

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