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. What type of person never seems absurd as his word is always believed?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Flatterer.
(c) Politician.
(d) Statesman.

2. In what city was Benjamin Franklin born?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) London.
(c) Boston.
(d) Paris.

3. When talking about the forbearance of a traveler, which animal is not mentioned?
(a) Goat.
(b) Deer.
(c) Hog.
(d) Ass.

4. While one strives to be at peace with one's neighbors, one should always strive to be at war with what?
(a) Enemies.
(b) Self.
(c) Vice.
(d) Government.

5. Franklin talks about the difference between which two often similar things?
(a) Leisure and laziness.
(b) Practice and theory.
(c) Experience and know how.
(d) Education and knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Franklins had a large family. What number child was Benjamin?

2. Franklin refers to a villain in relation to being anointed and which of the following?

3. Franklin stated that while one's pride increases, which of the following declines?

4. Which of the following items is something that cannot stand upright on its own?

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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