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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A man is not complete unless he has a ___________.
(a) Future.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Good horse.
(d) Wife.

3. To what does Franklin compare to a shadow in the sun?
(a) False friend.
(b) Skittish animals.
(c) Servants.
(d) Fair weather.

4. What other occupation was held by the poet?
(a) Minstrel.
(b) Painter.
(c) Astronomer.
(d) Storyteller.

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

6. With which family member did Benjamin work as an apprentice?
(a) Josiah.
(b) Benjamin Sr.
(c) William.
(d) James.

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

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

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

10. Franklin refers to a villain in relation to being anointed and which of the following?
(a) Angry.
(b) Abandoned.
(c) Praised.
(d) Stabbed.

11. Franklin mentions three things should not be taken by candlelight. Which is not one of the three?
(a) Horse.
(b) Linen.
(c) Girls.
(d) Gold.

12. The truth stands on how many legs?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

13. The Franklins had a large family. What number child was Benjamin?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 11.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In more modern days, it was said that time does what to all things?

3. For what item did Homer have to beg?

4. Who/what will not allow a new error or a new truth?

5. Which is not listed as one of the things that a man grows tired of after three days?

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