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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section Three Through Page 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a groat?
(a) Coin.
(b) Fool.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Animal.

2. What is the one thing that dares not enter a working man's house?
(a) Illness.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Pestilence.
(d) Cold.

3. What almost always has a reason, even if it is not a good one?
(a) Anger.
(b) Foolishness.
(c) Remorse.
(d) Envy.

4. What is a "clodpate?"
(a) Blockhead.
(b) Part of a ship.
(c) Peddler.
(d) Horse shoe.

5. Franklin takes great care to discuss the anatomy of which of the following?
(a) The church.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Lies.
(d) Human heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the end to this famous saying: To err is human, to forgive is divine, to persist is __________.

2. The first proverb refers to what kind of money?

3. What famous poet is referred to in this section?

4. A modern wit is considered to one of the fools belonging to whom?

5. Which character is always seen as being on horseback but never moving forward?

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