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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. Who would appoint a grand-president?

2. Which colleges awarded Franklin honorary degrees?

3. What project did Franklin undertake subsequent to the public hospital?

4. The governor and Franklin sat down with Loudoun and discussed their arguments, and Franklin took what position for the Assembly?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What sort of education system did Franklin develop?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How can it be said that Franklin was not only a noted writer but also a skilled satirist who was not fully appreciated in his day? What techniques did he use to execute his skill in criticizing others with humor in a variety of topical issues, especially in regard to politics?

Essay Topic 2

Franklin began his autobiography with a letter to his son, William. What were the various reasons that he provided William for writing his work? How did he explain he would approach his recollection? What were the factors he offered as to why he would approach it in this fashion?

Essay Topic 3

What was significant about Franklin's experimentation with electricity? What electrical discoveries did he make? What electrical inventions was he responsible for?

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