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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A lean award is better than a fat what?
(a) Judgment.
(b) Purse.
(c) Wife.
(d) Punishment.

2. What is the best way to serve God according to Franklin?
(a) Humility.
(b) Service.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Righteousness.

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

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

5. If one does what he knows he should do, it will be easy to live with which of the following?
(a) Ease.
(b) Riches.
(c) A simple heart.
(d) A quiet conscience.

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

7. A clear conscience is much like which of the following?
(a) A blue sky.
(b) A dove.
(c) Christmas.
(d) A long sleep.

8. When talking about the forbearance of a traveler, which animal is not mentioned?
(a) Ass.
(b) Hog.
(c) Deer.
(d) Goat.

9. After crosses and losses, men tend to become which of the following?
(a) Holy and silent.
(b) Forthright and honest.
(c) Stealthy and quiet.
(d) Humbler and wiser.

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

11. A bad commentator is known to spoil even the best ____________.
(a) Sporting events.
(b) Predictions.
(c) News.
(d) Books.

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which is not among the things that will lead to a man's fortune?

4. Having an egg today is better than having what tomorrow?

5. How many towns contend for Homer?

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