Poor Richard's Almanack Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 93 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Poor Richard's Almanack Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 93 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section One Through Page 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A modern wit is considered to one of the fools belonging to whom?
(a) Abraham.
(b) David.
(c) Samson.
(d) Jesus.

2. What well known learning institution was founded by Franklin?
(a) Harvard.
(b) University of Pennsylvania.
(c) Brown.
(d) William and Mary.

3. After crosses and losses, men tend to become which of the following?
(a) Forthright and honest.
(b) Humbler and wiser.
(c) Holy and silent.
(d) Stealthy and quiet.

4. Which of the following items is something that cannot stand upright on its own?
(a) Man without a wife.
(b) Country without purpose.
(c) Empty bag.
(d) Child without God.

5. What word is used to describe a stubborn and obstinate person?
(a) Blockhead.
(b) Overzealous.
(c) Boastful.
(d) Windbag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Franklin says that a father is a treasure and a brother is what?

2. A man who has not had the opportunity of celebrity must often replace it with which of the following?

3. In what city was Benjamin Franklin born?

4. What is a "clodpate?"

5. When a person is thirty-years-old, what part of him is in the most control?

(see the answer key)

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