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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) Burdensome.
(b) An empty curse.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Vain.

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

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

4. One should take a lot of time and much care when choosing _____________.
(a) A friend.
(b) A good horse.
(c) A wife.
(d) Land to plow.

5. What famous poet is referred to in this section?
(a) Aesop.
(b) Homer.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Nero.

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

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

8. What is the name of the person who brags that she is beauty?
(a) Bridget.
(b) Bess.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Elizabeth.

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

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

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

12. The first proverb refers to what kind of money?
(a) Dollar.
(b) Pence.
(c) Shillings.
(d) Penny.

13. Who/what is the namesake of the above woman?
(a) Puppy.
(b) Greek goddess.
(c) Flower.
(d) Bird.

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

15. In Franklin's opinion, what is the last organ to stop when a woman dies?
(a) Mind.
(b) Kidneys.
(c) Tongue.
(d) Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing that dares not enter a working man's house?

2. Franklin says that a house without a woman or firelight is like a body without a soul or _____.

3. According to the text, a woman will sober up after what occasion?

4. Franklin takes great care to discuss the anatomy of which of the following?

5. A man is not complete unless he has a ___________.

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