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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ asserts that the praises of poverty need once more be boldly sung, according to the book.
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Joseph Campbell.
(c) John Milton.
(d) William James.

2. The rich man has no patience with the concept of personal __________ or a society in which man can be free, according to the book.
(a) Truth.
(b) Witnessing.
(c) Power.
(d) Achievement.

3. What is NOT listed as one of the world's new teachers in relation to materialism, according to the book?
(a) Genocide.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Terrorism.

4. The book proposes that the wealthy in the world are the ones who are able to establish the ___________ in the world.
(a) Laws.
(b) Values.
(c) Rules.
(d) Classes.

5. The values that the rich have created have helped to steal the virtuous aspirations of the __________, according to the book.
(a) Culture.
(b) Children.
(c) Museums.
(d) Schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. William James believes that the fear of _________ is the worst moral disease that society has encountered.

2. The rich are actually _________ to their own wealth, having to do much in order to keep it around.

3. _________ is something that lies within each man, and in the traditional wisdom of mankind, according to the book.

4. Michael Harrington points out that there is virtue in choosing _________ over the desolation of empty abundance.

5. The success of the super rich is that they create rules and values that then become the benchmark for living the ____________.

(see the answer key)

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