Bill O'Reilly: American Patriot Quiz - Born on 12/24: Founding Father Benjamin Rush

1. Rush was born in the township of Byberry, located just outside of what city and former capital of the United States?

New York

Baltimore

Princeton

Philadelphia

2. Benjamin Rush was a delegate to what pre-Constitutional governing body of the United States?

Continental Congress

Confederate Convention

Rebel Alliance

United Congressional Convention

3. Rush signed which important 1776 document?

Continental Association

Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

U.S. Constitution

4. Rush founded what college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania?

Dartmouth

William and Mary

Cornell

Dickinson

5. A published writer on mental health and illness, Rush is considered the father of what American field of study?

Ophthalmology

Entomology

Psychiatry

Anthropology

6. Along with his studies in mental illness, Rush also published the first American textbook on what branch of physical science?

Chemistry

Calculus

Archaeology

String Theory

7. Rush helped Thomas Paine edit and publish what famous revolutionary pamphlet?

Common Sense

Break from Britain

Treaty of Paris

Leaves of Grass

8. Along with Samuel Adams, John Hancock and Paul Revere, Benjamin Rush was a member of what secret society of American colonists?

Sons of America

Sons of Liberty

Free Sons

Free Men of the Colonies

9. Along with great thinkers like Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush was active in a period of intellectual change known as what?

American Illumination

American Enlightenment

Continental Shift

The Great Revival

10. Rush publicly criticized what general of the American Revolution, and future President of the United States?

Benedict Arnold

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington