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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Franklin believed in God and attended church how frequently?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Frequently.
(c) Seldomly.
(d) Twice weekly.

2. His father told him he might consider helping him out if Franklin did what?
(a) Saved a good portion of what he needed.
(b) Earned his passage back to Philadelphia.
(c) Worked in the printing trade for several more years.
(d) Earned half the cost of his business first.

3. Franklin and Collins parted ways for a time after an argument about the equal education of women where Franklin took which position?
(a) For, with some limitations.
(b) Against, with limited exceptions.
(c) Against.
(d) For.

4. What happened when a rival learned Franklin planned to start a newspaper?
(a) The rival published pamphlets in opposition to Benjamin's politics.
(b) The rival got intellectual club members to side with him.
(c) The rival started one first.
(d) The rival got businesses to leave Benjamin by offering lower prices.

5. What did Franklin regret about his son who died?
(a) There is no way to avoid smallpox.
(b) He did not have the boy immunized.
(c) The boy was so young.
(d) He did not have any way to protect him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Franklin courted which young lady before he left Philadelphia to select his printing equipment?

2. While waiting to set up his own shop, Franklin printed what for a colonial government?

3. Franklin noted the oldest son being apprenticed in a smithing trade was a tradition that went how far back?

4. Miss Read married another man during Franklin's absence, but what subsequently happened?

5. Franklin said his father was an "agreeable" man but very traditional, serious, and what else?

(see the answer key)

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