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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 happened upon this trip in England to represent the colonists that Franklin recorded in his autobiography?

2. Who would appoint a grand-president?

3. In Chapter XII, who was the new governor sent from England?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 was the analogy Franklin related between religion and fog?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Franklin demonstrate he was a man of principle? How so in regard to publication of his newspaper? In what way was it reflected in regard to his inventions? How so with respect to patents?

Essay Topic 2

What course did Franklin pursue to initially get and remain published when still a teenager? How did his writing progress under his first publisher?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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