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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Franklin noted the oldest son being apprenticed in a smithing trade was a tradition that went how far back?
(a) 1,000 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 300 years.

2. Franklin made a final note about his not going to public church services as perhaps "blamable" but that he made no excuse as his purpose was to do what?
(a) Relate facts, not waste time.
(b) Relate facts, and let chips fall as they may.
(c) Relate facts, but ensure all are included.
(d) Relate facts, not make apologies for them.

3. Who offered to outfit a print shop for Franklin?
(a) A co-worker's father.
(b) His father.
(c) A co-worker's cousin.
(d) A co-worker's uncle.

4. Which colonial government was Franklin printing these documents for?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New York.

5. Collins broke his word to Franklin several times, but when did the pair become estranged?
(a) After he threw Collins overboard from a boat.
(b) When he sold Collins' books.
(c) After he threw Collins from a carriage.
(d) When he beat Collins.

Short Answer Questions

1. James started his own newspaper in the early 1720s he called what?

2. Franklin wrote that if you performed an act of kindness for a person, what would that person do?

3. On what schedule did Franklin approach his collection of virtues?

4. How did Franklin describe John Collins, a boy he befriended?

5. What did Franklin institute using the building that Mr. Whitefield built?

(see the answer key)

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