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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the printer Benjamin Franklin was referred to in Philadelphia?
(a) Samuel Keimer.
(b) Sampson Kramer.
(c) Samuel Kreimer.
(d) Samson Kremson.

2. What does Walter Isaacson say Benjamin Franklin easily made?
(a) Casual male friends.
(b) Casual female friends.
(c) Long-term relationships with women.
(d) Long-term relationships with men.

3. Why did Benjamin Franklin work only a short time as a merchant?
(a) Mr. Denham died.
(b) The store closed.
(c) He was needed elsewhere.
(d) He was offered a job.

4. Where did John Rogers disappear?
(a) The West Indies.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Africa.
(d) Bahamas.

5. What was Benjamin Franklin's daughter name?
(a) Sally Franklin.
(b) Jane Franklin.
(c) Mary Franklin.
(d) Deborah Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Benjamin Franklin disliked immigrants from what country?

2. What militia did Benjamin Franklin create?

3. What was the place of electricity in Benjamin Franklin's research?

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

5. Who went with Benjamin Franklin on a surveying trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Assembly vote to do, at the end of "Chapter Nine?"

2. What were Franklin's goals, according to "Chapter Ten?"

3. What was the Union Fire Company?

4. Who was William Kieth, according to "Chapter Three"?

5. What caused some historians to think Franklin's experiment was faked?

6. What troubled Franklin about William?

7. What did the colony's safety depend on?

8. What was Franklin invited to join in December 1730?

9. What did Braddock underestimate and what did Franklin do to help the situation?

10. What did Franklin always try to link, according to "Chapter One"?

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