Comprehension: 70. Benjamin Franklin: Invention Personified

1. Franklin is one of the ____________.
1. band members for the Beatles
2. founding fathers of the US
3. doctors who cured cancer
4. serial killers who escaped jail in 1906
2. Franklin was all of these things, except _____________.
1. a scientist
2. a postmaster
3. an inventor
4. a playwright
3. Franklin's rise to prominence was not an easy one, because

____________.
1. he kept getting into trouble with the law
2. he has African roots
3. his family was of the working-class
4. none of the above
4. Which of the following did he invent?
1. the microwave
2. bifocal glasses
3. the lightning rod
4. both b and c
5. He was one of the original signers of the ____________.
1. Bill of Rights
2. Declaration of Independence
3. State of the Union
4. Bible