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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the co-worker who helped Franklin do when he was able to set up shop?
(a) Walked out.
(b) Failed to show up for work.
(c) Set up some distance away.
(d) Gave their notice.

2. Upon Franklin's return to Philadelphia, where did the Governor of Pennsylvania send him to pick out his own printing equipment?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Holland.
(d) Germany.

3. In what year did Franklin invent his famous stove?
(a) 1742.
(b) 1736.
(c) 1740.
(d) 1738.

4. What did Mr. Whitefield construct a large building for?
(a) Anyone who wanted to preach Protestantism to a large mass.
(b) Anyone who wished to preach Christianity to a large mass.
(c) Anyone who desired to preach fundamentalism to a large mass.
(d) Anyone of any sect who had something to say to a large mass.

5. The president would confer with a council representing which group?
(a) Male property owners over 21.
(b) Colonial governments.
(c) Colonial landowners.
(d) The different colonies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provided Franklin a letter of recommendation when en route home from Philadelphia?

2. Who did Mr. Whitefield set up an orphanage for in Georgia?

3. One advantage of his intellectual club was to network with other intellectuals, most importantly those who could provide what?

4. These three elements Franklin discovered as essential to a happy individual became what for him?

5. What happened when a rival learned Franklin planned to start a newspaper?

(see the answer key)

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