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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the governor argue before Loudoun?

2. There was soon much frustration between the Assembly and the governor, so Franklin was sent to England to appeal about what?

3. Where did Mr. Whitefield move on to from Philadelphia?

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

5. Franklin proposed the use of what in Philadelphia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Franklin's connection with the study of electricity?

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

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

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

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

7. What was the initial activity of this militia supported by taxpayers?

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

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

10. What was Franklin's involvement in Philadelphia's first town hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the thirteen virtues Franklin pursued as his way of life? Select one of the thirteen virtues and relate why you believe he felt this was one significant enough to include. How did he approach these virtues? How did he feel the others fared in the interim and why?

Essay Topic 2

How did Franklin exploit the game of chess? What were his contributions to the game?

Essay Topic 3

Franklin was a major figure in the American Enlightenment as reflected by what in his autobiography?

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