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Quiz for Document 5–2: Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham’s Speech from Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1757

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What did Franklin’s Father Abraham think of leisure?

It was the time to do something useful.

The luxury of doing nothing was a privilege of the successful.

A citizen ought to engage in nothing but the pursuit of profits.

Leisure was to work as night was to day.

2. What sort of issues did Father Abraham say people should be more worried about than taxes?

Religious freedom

Freedom of speech and freedom of the press

Being educated and well-read

Folly, sloth, and idleness

3. How did Father Abraham use the example of Spain to make people think about their income and spending?

He said that, like Spain, they should make sure to have as many nice goods as possible.

He urged them not to spend more than they earned.

He told them to invest their income wisely like Spain had done.

He urged them to get more involved in trade with Native Americans.