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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. Franklin refers to a villain in relation to being anointed and which of the following?
(a) Angry.
(b) Stabbed.
(c) Abandoned.
(d) Praised.

2. Franklin stated that while one's pride increases, which of the following declines?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Humility.
(d) Industriousness.

3. Franklin says that a mob is a monster and although it has many heads it lacks what?
(a) Brains.
(b) Sense.
(c) Humility.
(d) Discretion.

4. One should take a lot of time and much care when choosing _____________.
(a) A good horse.
(b) Land to plow.
(c) A wife.
(d) A friend.

5. When a person is twenty-years-old, what part of him is in the most control?
(a) Will.
(b) Anger.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Wit.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following did Franklin consider to be the most important virtue?

4. According to Franklin it is not the large things that wreak havoc. Instead, what is more likely to sink a ship?

5. While one strives to be at peace with one's neighbors, one should always strive to be at war with what?

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