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. Lies stand on how many legs?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

3. What precious metal is referred to by Franklin in this section?
(a) Silver.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Titanium.
(d) Gold.

4. Who mourns his sins with a heavy heart?
(a) Philomena.
(b) Fiorio.
(c) Formio.
(d) Pandora.

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

6. Having an egg today is better than having what tomorrow?
(a) Promise.
(b) Hen.
(c) Omelet.
(d) Toast.

7. A light purse is considered to be which of the following?
(a) Not a sin.
(b) A real pity.
(c) Nothing worse.
(d) A heavy curse.

8. In what year was Franklin born?
(a) 1721.
(b) 1699.
(c) 1706.
(d) 1732.

9. What is its own defense?
(a) Silence.
(b) Godliness.
(c) Truth.
(d) Innocence.

10. The best kind of sermon is what?
(a) Experience.
(b) Lecture.
(c) Example.
(d) Pride.

11. If one eats few suppers, one will have less need for which of the following?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Antacid.
(c) Drink.
(d) Medicine.

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

13. From what physical ailment did the man suffer?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Diptheria.
(c) Polio.
(d) Deafness.

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

15. What is another name for someone who is considered to be lazy?
(a) Ill.
(b) Sluggard.
(c) Slovenly.
(d) Clodpate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What adjective is used to describe all types of blood?

3. An undutiful daughter will surely make what kind of wife?

4. All things are difficult to those that practice what?

5. What well known learning institution was founded by Franklin?

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