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. Pride in the way one dresses is sure to become what?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Vain.
(c) An empty curse.
(d) Burdensome.

2. Who/what will not allow a new error or a new truth?
(a) Clodpate.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Dissident.
(d) Tyrant.

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

4. What is the one thing that dares not enter a working man's house?
(a) Illness.
(b) Cold.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Pestilence.

5. What will offer solace from a short sleep?
(a) A long sleep.
(b) Ale.
(c) Grave.
(d) Prayer.

6. When a person is forty-years-old, what part of him is in the most control?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Judgment.
(c) Wit.
(d) Wisdom.

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

8. If one avoids all temptations, one might be granted a ____.
(a) Peaceful mind.
(b) Place in heaven.
(c) Clear conscience.
(d) Long life.

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

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

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

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

13. What one thing is said to be the root of evil as well as the cause of a dull brain?
(a) Liquor.
(b) A full belly.
(c) Money.
(d) A stocked pantry.

14. If one loves life then one should be careful not to squander what?
(a) Blood.
(b) Love.
(c) Time.
(d) Books.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which family member did Benjamin work as an apprentice?

2. What other occupation was held by the poet?

3. What, when kept, will ensure that one can also keep one's friends?

4. Franklin believes that an innocent ______ is more worthy than a vicious prince.

5. One should take a lot of time and much care when choosing _____________.

(see the answer keys)

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