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WorksheetsSlip Test - Abraham Lincoln's Letter to his Son's Teacher
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
The first line 'he will have to learn' means that
the son has the choice either to learn or not to learn the values listed
the son has no choice
Both the options
None of the options provided
'...... all mean are not just
all men are not true'. These lines convey
A one-sided view of life
The harsh reality of life
Lincoln's personal view
Both B and C
The statement for 'every scoundrel there is a hero' means
the number of scoundrels in this world is equal to the number of heroes.
For every bad person in this world, there is a good person.
In spite of all the wickedness in this world, there is enough goodness
Every bad person has a role-model who is an equally bad person or an even badder person.
The first seven lines emphasize
the value of positivity
the negative aspects of life
both the positive and negative sides of life
neither the positive and negative sides of life
When the father says "this is a big order" it implies
that the father has no faith in the teacher or the school
that the father has no faith in his son's ability to acquire these values
that the task of teaching such values is too difficult for any teacher or school
that means the order is too big for the teacher to fulfill
Abraham Lincoln wanted his son to know that
All men are not just
All men are just and true
All men are not just and not true
All men are cool
Lincoln wants the teacher to teach is son
that the world is full of selfish politicians
that the world is full of scoundrels
that the world is full of heroes
that there is an equal number of scoundrels and heroes in this world
"A dollar earned is of far more value than five found" means
don't work for a dollar because five dollars will come your way
don't be lazy and wait for free money
one's hard-earned money has more value than free money
one dollar is better than five
The bullies are:
are the easiest to be defeated
are to scared about
are to be respected
are to be avoided
"To ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and flowers on a green hillside"
To be amidst nature and forget everything
To learn about nature and appreciate it
To avoid nature as much as possible
To lead a carefree life with nature
It is more honourable to fail than to cheat means:
The best way of living in this world is by cheating
The honourable men always cheat
Failure is respectable in comparison to cheating
Cheating is respectable
Lincoln wants his son to be:
An individual depending on others' views and ideas
An individual without a free-will and mind
A robot
An individual with a thinking capacity
According to Lincoln what values should accompany all notions of education?
Values of faith, love and courage
Values of trust and simplicity
Values of a true politician
Values of both scoundrel and politician
The teacher has to teach Lincoln's son that:
laughing is the best medicine
there is no shame in tears
laughing when sad is not wrong
he can laugh off tears
"scoff at cynics" means
mock a person who is not sincere
mock critics
mock enemies
be cynical
"To sell one's brawn and brain" means
to earn on selling the brain
to earn on selling brawn
to earn on one's physical and mental strengths
none of the above
"Sublime faith in himself and mankind" means
trust himself and not mankind
trust both himself and mankind
trust neither
uplifting faith in himself and mankind
