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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A man who has not had the opportunity of celebrity must often replace it with which of the following?
(a) Warmth.
(b) Merit.
(c) A wife.
(d) Resentment.

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

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

4. The same feeling may be felt upon the loss of who/what?
(a) Pet.
(b) Life.
(c) Youth.
(d) Friend.

5. A modern wit is considered to one of the fools belonging to whom?
(a) Abraham.
(b) David.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Samson.

6. Franklin says that eyes, along with this, bear no jests. What will bear no jest?
(a) God.
(b) Child.
(c) Priest.
(d) Wife.

7. In what language does Mr. Fog speak?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Dutch.

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

9. How many towns contend for Homer?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

10. What industry did Franklin apprentice in at first?
(a) Dock worker.
(b) Library science.
(c) Postal service.
(d) Printing.

11. Franklin says that a father is a treasure and a brother is what?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Joy.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Strength.

12. 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.

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

14. What, along with visitors, will stink after three days?
(a) Woes.
(b) A wet dog.
(c) Fish.
(d) Rotted meat.

15. In several sayings, Franklin warns against calculating your future before it happens. What saying most closely compares to that thought?
(a) Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
(b) Haste makes waste.
(c) He who lives in glass houses should not throw stones.
(d) A stitch in time saves nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what item did Homer have to beg?

2. What almost always has a reason, even if it is not a good one?

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. One should not fear death. The sooner one dies, the sooner he will be ___________.

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