From the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Authored by Sheryl Maximo
English
11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In what virtue did Franklin hope to achieve by planning each day's activities?
Franklin hoped to achieve FRUGALITY
Franklin hoped to achieve ORDER
Franklin hoped to achieve TEMPERANCE
Franklin hoped to achieve SILENCE
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CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was Franklin's rule for becoming virtuous?
master ONE virtue at a time
master ALL virtue at a time
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CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which virtue was the most difficult to achieve for Franklin?
TEMPERANCE
SILENCE
ORDER
RESOLUTION
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CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What reason did Franklin have for placing Temperance first?
He hoped to achieved the most difficult goal first.
Mastering it would make the others easier to achieve.
Since it was mentioned by other writers it must be most important.
Temperance was the virtue he valued most.
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did Franklin make a book with a chart for each of the virtues?
To keep track of how well he was doing
To share the information with the people he knew
Because his friends Pythagoras told him to do it
He preferred thinking in visual terms
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CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What dis Franklin think of the endeavor, once he realized he would not achieve his original goals?
He believed the endeavor had been a waste of time and nothing had been gained.
He decided his ideas about reason and order were probably wrong.
He was better and happier that he would have been if he hadn't tried
He believed he was a worse man than he had been when he started out.
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CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Franklin believed in thirteen virtues that he believed where necessary and desirable.
True
False
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CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
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