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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. Which colleges awarded Franklin honorary degrees?
(a) New York, Cambridge.
(b) Yale, Harvard.
(c) Cambridge, Yale.
(d) Wesleyan, Boston.

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

3. Who was Franklin's friend that suggested they build a town hospital?
(a) Dr. Keimer.
(b) Dr. Bold.
(c) Dr. Hollmes.
(d) Dr. Bond.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who would appoint a grand-president?

3. Franklin said he felt he and other inventors needed to be _____, and therefore he would not profit from his inventions?

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

5. Which organization awarded Franklin an honorary membership and a gold medal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Franklin relate regarding his famous Franklin stove?

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

5. What were some of the improvements to Philadelphia that Franklin participated in?

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

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

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

9. What did the colonies do subsequent to the initial two troops serving under General Braddock?

10. What did Franklin have to say about his almanac?

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