1). Many saw Franklin as a money hungry businessman that would stoop as low as he needed to get or accomplish what he wanted to.

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

2). Franklin’s critics of today to see him as a very ___________ man.

a). moral                                    b). legalistic

c). creepy                                   d). none of the above

3). Franklin was easily identified as a deist

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

4).  Franklin printed and published the first novel printed in North America.

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

5). Franklin was very interested in remaining humble.     

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

Draw lines between the best matching words.

6).  Gazette                                                King George III                 

7).  novel                                                    Illuminati

8).  Voltaire                                               iconoclast

9).  Weishaupt                                           Pamela

10). William Franklin                              pithy quotes

11).  Franklin was a friend of Voltaire and talked with Him regularly

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

12).   The Hellfire Club considered themselves to be a Christian organization.     

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

13). Benjamin Franklin appreciated the morality of Jesus Christ.

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

14). Franklin did not invent the following …..     

a). bifocals                                  b). armonica

c). aerial kite                              d). none of the above

15). Franklin may have met Illuminati founder……     

a).  Voltaire                                           b). Thomas Jefferson

c).  King George III                              d). none of the above

16).  “Junto” means “printer” in Latin.     

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

17). Mr. Franklin helped edit the language of the Declaration of Independence. 

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

18).  The mystery surrounding Franklin was about his secret spouse.    

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

19). Franklin’s relationship to his only son William was never really harmonious. 

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

20). The clergy of Philadelphia basically refused to conduct Franklin’s funeral.    

a). TRUE          b). FALSE

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