📚 Part 1: Reading Comprehension

1. What were Benjamin Franklin's main occupations during his lifetime?

Printer, inventor, diplomat

Farmer, soldier, teacher

Doctor, lawyer, merchant

Blacksmith, carpenter, baker

2. Which of these inventions are credited to Benjamin Franklin? (Check all that apply)

Lightning rod

Bifocal glasses

Franklin stove

Telephone

3. Franklin created a list of 13 virtues to improve his character. What was his method for practicing these virtues?

He focused on one virtue each week

He tried to practice all 13 every day

He focused on one virtue each month

He only practiced them on Sundays

4. What role did Franklin play in the founding of America?

He was the first President

He signed the Declaration of Independence and helped write the Constitution

He was a general in the Revolutionary War

He discovered America

📖 Part 2: Vocabulary & Short Answers

5. Match each word with its meaning by writing the letter in the blank:

A. Diplomat B. Virtue C. Apprentice D. Almanac

_____ A person learning a trade or skill

_____ A book published yearly with weather predictions and advice

_____ A person who represents their country in foreign relations

_____ A good moral quality or habit

6. Name three of Franklin's 13 virtues that you remember from the reading:

7. Why do you think Franklin chose to work on only one virtue at a time instead of trying to improve all 13 at once?

✝️ Part 3: Christian Worldview Connection

8. Franklin's virtue of Temperance (moderation in all things) relates to the Biblical principle of self-control. Look up Galatians 5:22-23. How does self-control help us in our daily lives as Christians?

9. Franklin practiced Industry (hard work) as one of his virtues. How does this connect to what the Bible teaches about work in Colossians 3:23? Give an example of how you can apply this in your own life.

10. Choose one of Franklin's 13 virtues that you would like to work on in your own character. Explain why you chose this virtue and how practicing it could honor God.

Benjamin Franklin Reading Comprehension

Benjamin Franklin Reading Comprehension

📚 Part 1: Reading Comprehension

📖 Part 2: Vocabulary & Short Answers

✝️ Part 3: Christian Worldview Connection

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