"Speech in the Convention" Test

What did Benjamin Franklin do for employment from his teen years until he retired at age forty-two?

• Sold newspapers

• Worked for his father

• Worked as a blacksmith

• Worked as a printer

What pen name did Benjamin Franklin use?

• Silence Dogwood

• Silence Dogood

• Silas Marner

• Silas Smith

Which was came to be because of Benjamin Franklin?

• The Farmer's Almanack

• Poor Farmer's Almanack

• Poor Richard's Almanack

• Richard, The Astronomer's, Almanack

Which list of items are credited to being invented by Benjamin Franklin?

• Bifocals, lightning rod, kites

• Bifocals, kites, and new type of stove.

• Bifocals, kites, and keys

• Bifocals, lightning rod, and a new type of stove

What state did Benjamin Franklin represent at the convention?

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

• West Virginia

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

According to the Speech, what is Franklin’s overall opinion of the Constitution?

• He strongly disapproves of it

• He has some objections to it

• He considers it unimportant

• He completely approves of it

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

Why does Franklin believe that any constitution the Convention approves will be imperfect?

• the country is so new – they’re learning and growing, and things will eventually change

• He thinks that it COULD be perfect but that it SHOULD be imperfect because he is imperfect

• There are still secretly members of the British army trying to sabotage America’s new government

• human authors are imperfect; therefore, any Constitution they produce would also be imperfect

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

Why does Franklin want the delegates to keep their individual doubts and disagreements to themselves, once the Constitution is approved?

• He feels their opinions don’t matter

• 
  He feels they shouldn’t have a say.  It’s up for the President to decide

• 
  He doesn’t want their doubts to fill the American people with doubt

• 
  To make an example of imperfection

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

Whose opinion does Franklin believe is key to a government’s strength and efficiency?

• The president

• The delegates

• The people

• Himself only

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CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

In his “Speech in the Convention”, which of these views of government does Franklin most clearly express?

• 
  The government that governs least is best

• 
  Good governments are created by trial and error

• Corrupt rulers breed disillusion and rebellion

• 
  Any well-run government can benefit the people

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.6