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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem was it Josiah cited why Franklin could not set up his own print shop upon his return from Philadelphia?
(a) Immaturity.
(b) Youth.
(c) Insufficient experience.
(d) Ran away.

2. When Franklin asked for three pennies worth of something at a bakery in Philadelphia, he received three giant rolls and realized what?
(a) He should ask the prices first.
(b) Prices were relatively the same in the colonies.
(c) Not all the colonies were culturally identical.
(d) He would run out of money within two days.

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

4. Franklin saw nothing wrong with a little boasting, especially if he did what first?
(a) Qualified that he was bragging first.
(b) Thanked God for the vanity.
(c) Stipulated he was being honest.
(d) Announced he was being proud.

5. James Franklin was jailed for how long for not revealing a source?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. William Bradford referred Franklin to which son in Philadelphia, also a printer?

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

3. Franklin and Collins parted ways for a time after an argument about the equal education of women where Franklin took which position?

4. Franklin hated his father's trade and dreamed of doing what instead?

5. When he ran away to New York, Franklin met William Bradford, who was described as the "first printer" and came from what locale?

(see the answer key)

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