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The Victorian Apprentice (2)

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the victorian apprentice answer 1
From 'The Dictionary of Daily Wants', 1858-1859: As apprenticing has the most important influence upon success in life, it ought to be exercised by parents and guardians with the most scrupulous care and discretion.

Correct answer: (d) scrupulous

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the victorian apprentice answer 2
In apprenticing a youth, it is not alone sufficient that he should learn a trade from which good earnings may afterwards be derived, but that the trade selected should be in accordance with his taste, and also conformable to his mental and physical capacity.

Correct answer: (b) conformable

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the victorian apprentice answer 3
It may be said that a boy does not know his own mind, and that it is consequently idle to consult him upon a subject when his seniors are better qualified to judge.

Correct answer: (b) know

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the victorian apprentice answer 4
But in the majority of cases, a boy will be found to give unmistakeable indications of the branch of mechanical employment upon which his mind is most bent and for which his hands will be consequently most fit.

Correct answer: (a) bent

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the victorian apprentice answer 5
If the boy is apprenticed to a trade of a totally opposite nature to that for which he has a predilection, the incessant struggle between natural desire and constrained duty will frequently entail failure and disappointment.

Correct answer: (d) predilection

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the victorian apprentice answer 6
Equally necessary is it that the mental and bodily faculties should be considered before apprenticeship.

Correct answer: (b) faculties

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the victorian apprentice answer 7
And it is also a species of cruelty to select for a youth of a weak and delicate constitution such a trade as is only adapted for the robust and hardy.

Correct answer: (c) robust

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the victorian apprentice answer 8
The premiums for apprenticeship are governed by no stated tariff, but as a general rule they are proportioned to the wages which the trade affords.

Correct answer: (b) affords

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the victorian apprentice answer 9
The amount of the premium, therefore, is a secondary consideration to the advantages which its outlay secures.

Correct answer: (d) secures

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the victorian apprentice answer 10
The usual term of apprenticeship is seven years, namely, from fourteen to twenty-one years of age, but that period of probation is not always necessary, and, generally speaking, it is optional to determine upon a shorter term.

Correct answer: (c) probation

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