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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is not listed as one of the things that a man grows tired of after three days?
(a) Guest.
(b) Rainy weather.
(c) Family members.
(d) Wench.

2. Franklin takes great care to discuss the anatomy of which of the following?
(a) Lies.
(b) The church.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Human heart.

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

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

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

6. Franklin stated that while one's pride increases, which of the following declines?
(a) Industriousness.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Humility.
(d) Fortune.

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

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

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

10. Franklin believes that an innocent ______ is more worthy than a vicious prince.
(a) Lord.
(b) Plowman.
(c) Peasant.
(d) Commoner.

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

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

13. A light purse is considered to be which of the following?
(a) A heavy curse.
(b) Nothing worse.
(c) Not a sin.
(d) A real pity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If one does what he knows he should do, it will be easy to live with which of the following?

2. The Franklins had a large family. What number child was Benjamin?

3. Who mourns his sins with a heavy heart?

4. Which of the following items is something that cannot stand upright on its own?

5. The fools that are most troublesome are the ones that possess which of the following?

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