Literature Chapter 3 Quiz 1

Benjamin Franklin is sometimes called an "ungodly"

• American
• Puritan
• Federalist

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

One of the names used to describe the god of the Deists was

• The Great First Cause
• The Time Starter
• The Keeper of the Stars

Which evangelist did Benjamin Franklin write about in "The Autobiography"?

• Jonathan Edwards
• Joel Osteen
• George Whitefield

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

“Listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts” is an example of a classical

• rhetorical figure
• allusion
• couplet

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What literary device is illustrated by the following: “And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument?”

• rhetorical question
• allusion
• couplet

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In which city did Franklin gain wealth, prestige, and influence?

• Boston
• Greenville
• Philadelphia

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What was not one of Franklin’s accomplishments?

• convinced France to support the colonies in the American Revolution
• wrote a series of popular essays when he was 16 years old
• helped draft the US Constitution
• appointed the first Supreme Court justice

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Patrick Henry spoke out against colonial

• representation
• centrality of government
• taxation

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Deists believed that reason and rational education can help man eradicate

• evil
• God
• tyranny

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

Which one of these was not one of Franklin's Virtues?

• Frugality
• Humility
• Silence
• Pragmatism

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10