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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where dd Benjamin Franklin set up his printing shop?
(a) Main Street.
(b) 1st Street.
(c) Market Street.
(d) Pearl Street.

2. What did Benjamin Franklin's concern over national identity foreshadow?
(a) His involvement in the postal system.
(b) His involvement with the Revolution.
(c) His involvement with freedom of speech.
(d) His involvement in the right to bear arms.

3. What manifesto did Benjamin Franklin write on his way to London?
(a) Poor Richard's Almanac.
(b) Plan for Future Conduct.
(c) The Way to Wealth.
(d) A memoir.

4. "Chapter One" argues Benjamin Franklin was the country's first what?
(a) Inventor.
(b) Politician.
(c) Publicist.
(d) Physicist.

5. How old was Benjamin Franklin when he was enrolled in Latin school?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the printer that Benjamin Franklin met in New York, according to "Chapter Three" and "Chapter Four"?

2. What happened to Benjamin Franklin's father's first wife?

3. Who told Benjamin Franklin that "as you go through this world--and you'll miss many hard thumps"?

4. Why did Benjamin Frankly create the Junto?

5. What does Walter Isaacson think Benjamin Franklin exemplified?

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