Poor Richard's Almanack Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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Poor Richard's Almanack Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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 Four Through Page 77.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "You may delay, but time will not" is most similar to which saying?
(a) Haste makes waste.
(b) Time waits for no man.
(c) Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
(d) A stitch in time saves nine.

2. Although virtue may not make one handsome, which of the following with surely make one ugly?
(a) Envy.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Vice.

3. According to Franklin it is not the large things that wreak havoc. Instead, what is more likely to sink a ship?
(a) A faulty captain.
(b) Tear in the sail.
(c) Small leak.
(d) Loose lips.

4. When a person is thirty-years-old, what part of him is in the most control?
(a) Anger.
(b) Wit.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Money.

5. The author believes that if pride dines upon vanity, it sups on _____________.
(a) Vanity.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Sweetness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the object of which the ancient tale speaks?

2. If one chooses to lie down with the dogs, he will most likely rise up with what?

3. Which relative should you visit often but not at night?

4. What group of people will most likely go through life without just rewards?

5. In Franklin's opinion, what is the last organ to stop when a man dies?

(see the answer key)

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