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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ finds that he is rich enough as long as he is able to leave things untouched, according to the book.
(a) Seneca.
(b) Campbell.
(c) St. Francis.
(d) Thoreau.

2. A ________ proverb points out that the gods only laugh at man when men pray to them for wealth, according to the book.
(a) Spanish.
(b) Korean.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Chinese.

3. _________ writes of Fortune stopping the wheel, which is a metaphor that illustrates that wealth causes a man to stop growing.
(a) Boethius.
(b) Plutarch.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Joseph Campbell.

4. When a man is able to discard __________, according to the book, he will be able to discover his own sense of contentment.
(a) Avarice.
(b) Status.
(c) Truth.
(d) Power.

5. Robert Henri says that people are overlaid with ________ in their minds and in their souls, according to the book.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Longing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the writer of the poem at the start of this chapter, according to the book?

2. Being a _________ means that one makes the decision to live a simple life that is devoid of distractions, according to the book.

3. Horace Gregory refers to money as the invisible ________ against the human spirit, according to the book.

4. Man struggles with how to live his life and with what __________ will be most satisfying, according to the book.

5. Robert ______ writes in 1923 that there are three elements in a beautiful life, according to the book.

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