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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Thirteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Junto Library allow Benjamin Franklin to do?
(a) Gain knowledge of the happenings in London.
(b) Correspond with women abroad.
(c) Understand legal terminology.
(d) Interact with the upperclass.

2. What caused the colonies to think as a unit instead of separate states?
(a) The Midnight Ride.
(b) The Stamp Act.
(c) The Assembly.
(d) The Tea Party.

3. Who went with Benjamin Franklin on a surveying trip?
(a) Polly.
(b) Sally.
(c) Jane.
(d) Elizabeth.

4. When did Benjamin Franklin retire from his printing business?
(a) 1745.
(b) 1746.
(c) 1748.
(d) 1747.

5. Who were Benjamin Franklin's commissioners?
(a) Arthur Lee and Arthur Bancroft.
(b) Silas Deane and Arthur Lee.
(c) Madame Chaumont and Silas Deane.
(d) Arthur Bancroft and Silas Deane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Benjamin Franklin stay while in England?

2. What did Benjamin Franklin say he would rather build, according to "Chapter Five"?

3. Who did the Paxton Boys kill?

4. Where was Benjamin Franklin when his grandchild, Benjamin Franklin Bache, was born?

5. When did the Assembly vote to send Benjamin Franklin back to England?

(see the answer key)

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