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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Masonic lodge did Benjamin Franklin go to in France?
(a) Masonic Lodge of the Nine Sisters.
(b) Masonic Lodge of the Nine Fathers.
(c) Masonic Lodge of France.
(d) Masonic Lodge of the Nine Brothers.

2. What does Walter Isaacson say wasn't a straight path for Benjamin Franklin?
(a) Becoming a rebel.
(b) Being an interrogator.
(c) Being a prisoner.
(d) Becoming a soldier.

3. What did Benjamin Franklin's father do for a living?
(a) He grew cotton.
(b) He wrote books.
(c) He made tea.
(d) He made candles and soap.

4. What did Benjamin Franklin study on his voyage back to America, in "Chapter Twelve"?
(a) The Gulf Stream.
(b) Alarm systems.
(c) The climate.
(d) Architecture.

5. How many articles detailing the new United Colonies of North America did Benjamin Franklin write?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Benjamin Franklin go to London?

2. Who did William Franklin marry?

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

4. What was Benjamin Franklin's father's name?

5. Who fathered an illegitimate child in 1760?

(see the answer key)

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