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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. Where did Benjamin Franklin and his new co-postmaster extend the postal service to?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Canada.
(c) France.
(d) All 13 colonies.
2. Who did Benjamin Franklin seek to work for?
(a) The nearby people.
(b) The distant people.
(c) The centering people.
(d) The middling people.
3. What happened to Benjamin Franklin's father's first wife?
(a) She became ill.
(b) She divorced him.
(c) She died.
(d) She disappeared.
4. Who was the printer that Benjamin Franklin met in New York, according to "Chapter Three" and "Chapter Four"?
(a) William Brady.
(b) William Bradford.
(c) William Bracon.
(d) William Bradson.
5. Whose coronation did Benjamin Franklin attend in 1761?
(a) King George IV.
(b) King George III.
(c) King George I.
(d) King George II.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Benjamin Franklin invented in 1742, according to "Chapter Six" and "Chapter Seven"?
2. What did Benjamin Franklin think of the bill proposed by the Proprietors?
3. Who was Benjamin Franklin reunited with while in England?
4. Who survived the British expedition against the French in the Ohio Valley to become a pillar of the Revolutionary war?
5. Who did Benjamin Franklin hope his son would marry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Franklin's view of the role of women?
2. What method did Franklin adopt for his arguments and why?
3. Who was George Whitefield, and what did Franklin admire about him?
4. What was the Union Fire Company?
5. To what did Franklin hope to be assigned, in "Chapter Nine"?
6. What atmosphere did Franklin recreate?
7. What was lightning considered prior to Franklin's work?
8. Why did Franklin create the Pennsylvania Militia?
9. What did Franklin do with Leyden jars, in "Chapter Six?"
10. With whom did Franklin stay during his time in London?
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