Now & Ben Comprehension

How did Ben Franklin make newpapers DIFFERENT?

• He added photographs.
• He wrote them by hand.
• He added politcal cartoons.
• He started printing them on paper.

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How are people's ideas about electricity DIFFERENT now than in Ben Franklins time?

• People now know that there is no electricity in lightning.
• People now know that lightning is not dangerous.
• People now use kites to gather electricity from storm clouds.
• People now understand electricity and know how to use it

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How did lightning rods change communities?

• They made electric lights possible.
• They made homes and buildings safer.
• They made it safe to fly kites in storms.
• They kept streets cleaner by attracting metal.

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Which of Franklin's inventions was SIMILAR to today's Grabber?

• The Long Arm
• the lightning rod
• the glass armonica
• the political cartoon

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How were Ben's flippers DIFFERENT from today's flippers?

• They did not float.
• They were made of wax.
• They were made of wood.
• They were not used in water

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Which words from the article give the BEST clue about what a glass armonica is?

• glass armonicas are very rare
• a row of spinning glass bowls
• more likely to find one in a museum
• Mozart and Beethoven were so moved by the sounds

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How are today's rocking chairs DIFFERENT from Ben Franklin's rocking chair?

• Today's rocking chairs have fans on top.
• Today's rocking chairs do not churn butter.
• Today's rocking chairs are used as stepladders.
• Today's rocking chairs do not move back and forth.

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How are the library chair and the writing chair ALIKE?

• Both have desks built into them.
• Both are used to reach high places.
• Both combine two things into one.
• Both are ideas that were never really used.

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True or False. 
Ben invented a chair that could churn butter?

• true
• false

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What document did Ben NOT help develope?

• Declaration of Independance
• Treaty of Peace
• Treaty of Alliance
• Preamble

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