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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
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1. Franklin's father was:
James
Josiah
Benjamin
William
2. Part One of the
Autobiography
opens with a letter to:
William Franklin, Benjamin's son
John Franklin, Benjamin's father
Max Josephson, Benjamin's childhood friend
Dorothy James, Franklin's wife
3. In 1730, Franklin enters into a common-law marriage with:
Sally Hemings
Susan Wright
Elizabeth Stoddard
Deborah Read
4. Early in life, Franklin works for his father, who:
Runs a printing press
Makes soap and candles
Serves as Royal Governor of Massachusetts
Runs a shipping business
5. Franklin spends much of his teenage years working for:
James, his brother
Benjamin, his uncle
Abiah, his mother
Gov. Burnet of New York
6. When Franklin leaves Boston, the first city he travels to is:
Philadelphia
New Haven
New York
Trenton
7. In Philadelphia, Franklin begins to work for a printer named:
Thomas Hutchinson
William Bradford
John Collins
Samuel Keimer
8. Shortly after arriving in Philadelphia, Franklin meets the Royal Governor of Pennsylvania, a man named:
William Keith
George Burnet
William Bradford
Samuel Keimer
9. In order to make contacts in the printing and stationery industries, Franklin travels to and spends 18 months in:
Paris
New York
London
Berlin
10. Which of these positions does Franklin
not
achieve?
Postmaster General of America
Governor of Pennsylvania
Delegate to the Second Continental Congress and co-author of the Constitution
Commissioner to the Paris peace treaty negotiations
11. Franklin traveled to England in 1724 with:
John Collins
James Anderson
Deborah Read
James Ralph
12. Franklin's childhood friend, John Collins,
Remains friends with Franklin the rest of his life
Becomes a drunk and emigrates to the Caribbean after fighting with Franklin
Becomes Governor of Pennsylvania
Becomes Postmaster General along with Franklin
13. Before leaving England, Franklin contemplates starting up a school to teach people how to:
Write
Debate
Swim
Found newspapers
14. Franklin was born in:
1706
1725
1730
1740
15. Franklin formed a debating society called:
The Junto
The Forensics Society of Philadelphia
The Anti-Stamp Act Association
The Skilled Orators Society
16. Early in his life, Franklin considered founding:
A political party called the Party for Virtue
An organization to fight cancer
A swimming league in North Carolina
A separate homeland for Native Americans just north of Albany
17. The
Autobiography
ends around the year:
1753, when Franklin becomes Postmaster General
1757, during Franklin's trip to England
1776, after the signing of the Declaration of Independence
In the late 1780s, just before Franklin's death
18. Franklin is generally credited with the founding of:
Harvard
Yale
Brown
University of Pennsylvania
19. Franklin's major newspaper, which he took over in 1729, was:
The Boston Globe
The Pennsylvania Gazette
The Philadelphia Enquirer
The True American
20. One of the major critics who wrote a condemnation of Franklin's
Autobiography
was:
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin's son William
D. H. Lawrence
Stephen King
21. Part Two of the
Autobiography
is best described as a(n):
Account of Franklin's ideas for improving the social policy in Philadelphia
Explanation of the founding of the fire brigade
Story about the American Revolution
Self-help manual for the attainment of virtue
22. All four parts of Franklin's
Autobiography
were published and released together in English for the first time:
Several years before Franklin's death
In 1790, the year of Franklin's death
In 1851, to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
In 1868, when John Bigelow compiled all of Franklin's diverse notes
23. Apart from the
Autobiography,
Franklin is perhaps best remembered in print for his:
Questions on the Study of Human Psychology
Poor Richard's Almanac
Common Sense
Memories of the American Revolution
24. Franklin gives brief mention in the
Autobiography
to the death of:
His son, which happened in 1736
His wife, which happened in 1774
His father, which happened in 1718
His daughter, which happened in 1743
25. The bulk of the
Autobiography
was written in:
1773
1760 and 1788
1771, 1784 and 1788
1771, 1788 and 1792
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