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Sayings Quiz: Badness

Try this fun quiz to check your understanding of English sayings. To learn more about an individual saying, click on the "more about this saying" link.

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1. A bad penny always turns up

If "a bad penny always turns up", a bad person always
  1. reappears
  2. disappears
  3. turns good
more about this saying: A bad penny always turns up

2. Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself

If "Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself" is true, what will happen to a bad person who is not challenged? In the end, he will get himself
  1. out of jail
  2. out of trouble
  3. into trouble
more about this saying: Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself

3. He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon

"He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon" so that he can
  1. poke the devil in the eye
  2. avoid getting too close to bad company
  3. avoid getting involved with bad company
more about this saying: He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon

4. Never do evil that good may come of it

If the saying "Never do evil that good may come of it" is right, then
  1. it is sometimes ok to do something good
  2. it is sometimes ok to do something bad
  3. it is never ok to do something bad
more about this saying: Never do evil that good may come of it

5. One might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb

If "one might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb", then the canny sheep stealer will prefer to steal
  1. a lamb
  2. a sheep
  3. two sheep
more about this saying: One might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb

6. The end justifies the means

The government says that "the end justifies the means," so killing one thousand people to save one million people will
  1. be acceptable
  2. be unacceptable
  3. have no meaning
more about this saying: The end justifies the means

7. The greater the sinner, the greater the saint

The saying "The greater the sinner, the greater the saint" implies that bad people
  1. can become good people
  2. can never become good people
  3. are better than good people
more about this saying: The greater the sinner, the greater the saint

8. The wages of sin is death

"The wages of sin is death" is
  1. a principle of economics
  2. a saying based on a quotation
  3. grammatically incorrect
more about this saying: The wages of sin is death

9. They that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind

The proverb "They that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind" expresses an idea shared by several
  1. concepts
  2. religions
  3. climates
more about this saying: They that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind

10. Two wrongs do not make a right

If "two wrongs do not make a right", we should counter one injustice with
  1. another injustice
  2. two more injustices
  3. justice
more about this saying: Two wrongs do not make a right