Question 85: Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.
Official answers (any one counts)
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- Founded the first free public libraries
- First Postmaster General of the United States
- Helped write the Declaration of Independence
- Inventor
- U.S. diplomat
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He invented the lightning rod and bifocals, kiddo. He also founded libraries and was a diplomat.
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- Third president
- Chief Justice
- Army general
On the 2008 test this is question 68
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What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
- U.S. diplomat
- oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
- first Postmaster General of the United States
- writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"
- started the first free libraries
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Official sources:
- USCIS · 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25) ↗ · checked October 6, 2026
The plain explanation is ours; the official answers are USCIS's, word for word.