Part a: what does the word temperance mean as it is used in the text?
alertness
gentleness
self-restraint
responsibility

Self- restraint.

Explanation:

In the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, he places the virtue of "temperance" the first and foremost issue to be valued and practiced. He places huge importance on this virtue, which means "self- restraint" in oneself, especially husbands in their treatment of their wives and children. He believes that all moral virtues are controllable and could be maintained through the practice of temperance by an individual. His list of important virtues focuses on the most difficult issues that a man may find hard to actually act on, but which is important and helpful for him too.

2. list two reasons why fossil fuels should no longer be used as a source of energy in america.

b. our party quickly made its way into the cave / but we failed to find our host [the cyclops] himself inside.