Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Comprehension
The questions below refer to the selections “from The Autobiography”; “from All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”; “from Poor Richard's Almanack.”
____ 1. Franklin arrives in Philadelphia in his working dress because — a. | he intends to find a job immediately | b. | his best clothes are coming around by sea | c. | he sympathizes with the plight of workers | d. | no one has ever told him how to dress in the city |
____ 2. In this selection from his autobiography, Franklin seems most eager to portray his — a. | ability to work steadfastly toward his goals | b. | willingness to break away from convention | c. | deep resentment of people who have wronged him | d. | frugality in financial matters |
____ 3. Franklin considers moral perfection to be a(n) — a. | illusion promoted by ministers and religion | b. | annoying claim made by hypocrites | c. | state attainable through study and practice | d. | pathway to heaven and God’s grace |
____ 4. In developing a method for examining virtues, Franklin reveals his — a. | doubt that real goodness can be attained | b. | logical and orderly mind | c. | scorn for traditional philosophy | d. | deeply emotional side |
____ 5. Franklin ranks the virtues according to — a. | how the clergymen of his day ranked them | b. | the popularity of individual virtues among his friends | c. | the idea that the mastery of one virtue facilitates the mastery of the next virtue | d. | the belief that the most difficult virtues must be developed first |
____ 6. In All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, the “Credo” Robert Fulghum describes writing from an early age was essentially a — a. | list of things he wanted to accomplish | b. | set of New Year’s resolutions | c. | personal