Poor Richard's Almanack Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Poor Richard's Almanack Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One should not fear death. The sooner one dies, the sooner he will be ___________.
(a) Liberated.
(b) Free.
(c) Clean.
(d) Immortal.

2. What great Biblical character is referred to in regards to slaying thousands?
(a) Goliath.
(b) Samson.
(c) Cain.
(d) David.

3. Franklin believes that a quiet ______ sleeps in thunder.
(a) Mind.
(b) Heart.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Child.

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

5. What two items do not make a good meal combination?
(a) Fish and dairy.
(b) Meat and potatoes.
(c) Liver and onions.
(d) Fruit and grain.

6. In the old days, it was said that time does what to all things?
(a) Forgets.
(b) Eat.
(c) Heals.
(d) Cloud.

7. The fools that are most troublesome are the ones that possess which of the following?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Power.
(c) Wit.
(d) Weapons.

8. Every man may be able to boast about his honesty, but few men can boast about what?
(a) Clear conscience.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Truth.

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

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

11. What type of man does not have good neighbors?
(a) Pompous.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Impoverished.
(d) Quarrelsome.

12. In more modern days, it was said that time does what to all things?
(a) Heals.
(b) Restores.
(c) Drinks.
(d) Clarifies.

13. What other occupation was held by the poet?
(a) Minstrel.
(b) Astronomer.
(c) Painter.
(d) Storyteller.

14. One who dresses well will soon find that he is no longer _______________.
(a) Entertaining.
(b) Smart.
(c) Humble.
(d) Wealthy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Franklin talks about the difference between which two often similar things?

2. In what city was Benjamin Franklin born?

3. A lean award is better than a fat what?

4. The best kind of sermon is what?

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

(see the answer keys)

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