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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened upon this trip in England to represent the colonists that Franklin recorded in his autobiography?
(a) Nothing.
(b) His discussions with the Queen.
(c) His discussions with English officials.
(d) His discussions with the King.

2. When did Franklin first write his Poor Richard's Almanac?
(a) 1736.
(b) 1730.
(c) 1734.
(d) 1732.

3. The British troops' march was disastrous and most of the men were killed or wounded, and the rest fled back where?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York.

4. What project did Franklin undertake subsequent to the public hospital?
(a) Cleaning the city streets.
(b) City sewer system.
(c) City water system.
(d) Public city garbage collection.

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

6. Which organization awarded Franklin an honorary membership and a gold medal?
(a) Royal Order in Scientific Exploration of London.
(b) Royal Society of London.
(c) Royal Exploratory Society of Cambridge.
(d) Society of Scientific Knowledge in Wellington.

7. Franklin presented Loudoun with an account of all the expenses he incurred in support of Braddock and his troops, and he received how much in repayment?
(a) 1,200 pounds.
(b) 2,400 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) Nothing.

8. A new preacher named Mr. Whitefield arrived in Philadelphia in what year?
(a) 1739.
(b) 1741.
(c) 1743.
(d) 1737.

9. Braddock was overconfident and did what?
(a) Relied on his experience.
(b) Scoffed at the colonists.
(c) Scoffed at Benjamin's advice.
(d) Relied on his training.

10. Franklin assisted the postmaster of Philadelphia, a position that did what?
(a) Improved circulation and distribution of his newspaper modestly.
(b) Improved circulation and distribution of his newspaper greatly.
(c) Improved circulation and distribution of his newspaper barely.
(d) Had no impact on his newspaper circulation.

11. In Chapter XII, who was the new governor sent from England?
(a) Bishop Denny.
(b) Admiral Denny.
(c) Captain Denny.
(d) General Denny.

12. 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.

13. What languages did Franklin learn during his lifetime?
(a) French, Italian, Dutch.
(b) French,Russian, Spanish.
(c) German, Italian, Spanish.
(d) French, Italian, Spanish.

14. Franklin's men complied, but it rained, and how many of the farmers were killed due to guns that failed?
(a) Several.
(b) Nearly all.
(c) All but 1.
(d) All of them.

15. Franklin established a militia to protect the English colonies from who?
(a) Germans, French.
(b) French, Indians.
(c) Spanish, Germans.
(d) Spanish, French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Franklin regret about his son who died?

2. Franklin wrote papers of all his discoveries which became famous around the globe, so much that renowned scholars began to doubt what?

3. Where did Franklin meet Braddock and gained the general's trust?

4. Mr. Whitefield was from which locale?

5. Which foreign troops were barbaric toward the American colonists?

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