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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The governor and Franklin sat down with Loudoun and discussed their arguments, and Franklin took what position for the Assembly?
(a) The colonists had certain rights.
(b) The colonists sought only to live frugally.
(c) The colonists felt they could govern themselves.
(d) The colonists recognized the King, but also had rights.

2. What were some of the inventions of Franklin's beyond his stove?
(a) Bifocal glasses, recoiless rifle, and the lightning rod.
(b) Lightning rod, flexible urinary catheter, and the water pump.
(c) Bifocal eyeglasses, the glass harmonica, and the lightning rod.
(d) Metal harmonica, visual glasses, and the flexible urinary catheter.

3. Why was England increasingly suspicious of the colonies' intentions, especially when Franklin was escorted to a ferry by an honor guard?
(a) This was only seen in royalty.
(b) They were distrusting of this pomp.
(c) They viewed such activities being reserved for the British, not colonists.
(d) Franklin was the representative who appeared before the King's court.

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

5. 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) Had no impact on his newspaper circulation.
(d) Improved circulation and distribution of his newspaper barely.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Franklin invent his famous stove?

2. The British troops' march was disastrous and most of the men were killed or wounded, and the rest fled back where?

3. What happened upon this trip in England to represent the colonists that Franklin recorded in his autobiography?

4. What languages did Franklin learn during his lifetime?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When troubles arose between the Assembly and Captain Denny, what initially took place when Lord Loudoun was sent over from England?

2. What were some of the accomplishments Franklin had to praise about the Reverend Mr. Whitefield?

3. What did Franklin relate regarding his appointment to the position of clerk of the General Assembly?

4. How did Franklin respond to the British reaction to their suspicions of the American colonies?

5. What transpired subsequent to Franklin's pursuit of the office of justice of the peace?

6. What disturbed Franklin regarding the British capability to defend the colonies?

7. What was Franklin's proposal given France's increasing threat to the American colonies?

8. What was Franklin able to do once he had sold most of his businesses?

9. What was Franklin's involvement in Philadelphia's first town hospital?

10. What was Franklin's connection with the study of electricity?

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