WorksheetsLiterature Chapter 3 Quiz 1
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Benjamin Franklin is sometimes called an "ungodly"
a)
American
b)
Puritan
c)
Federalist
2.
One of the names used to describe the god of the Deists was
a)
The Great First Cause
b)
The Time Starter
c)
The Keeper of the Stars
3.
Which evangelist did Benjamin Franklin write about in "The Autobiography"?
a)
Jonathan Edwards
b)
Joel Osteen
c)
George Whitefield
4.
“Listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts” is an example of a classical
a)
rhetorical figure
b)
allusion
c)
couplet
5.
What literary device is illustrated by the following: “And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument?”
a)
rhetorical question
b)
allusion
c)
couplet
6.
In which city did Franklin gain wealth, prestige, and influence?
a)
Boston
b)
Greenville
c)
Philadelphia
7.
What was not one of Franklin’s accomplishments?
a)
convinced France to support the colonies in the American Revolution
b)
wrote a series of popular essays when he was 16 years old
c)
helped draft the US Constitution
d)
appointed the first Supreme Court justice
8.
Patrick Henry spoke out against colonial
a)
representation
b)
centrality of government
c)
taxation
9.
Deists believed that reason and rational education can help man eradicate
a)
evil
b)
God
c)
tyranny
10.
Which one of these was not one of Franklin's Virtues?
a)
Frugality
b)
Humility
c)
Silence
d)
Pragmatism
11.
Complete this quote by Patrick Henry: “If this be _________, then make the most of it!”
a)
evil
b)
treason
c)
tyranny
12.
Ben Franklin was apprenticed to his brother to work as a
a)
boathand
b)
printer
c)
newspaper salesman
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