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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a mother calls her daughter a little __________, she teaches her daughter to begin to admire herself.
(a) Cat.
(b) Princess.
(c) Peanut.
(d) Girl.

2. The book points out that it is difficult to leave a life that has comfort in __________ and the easy life.
(a) Idols.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Money.
(d) Materialism.

3. John Burroughs says that he has been too busy enjoying the ______ to seek wealth, according to the book.
(a) Promise of tomorrow.
(b) Art.
(c) Museums.
(d) World.

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

5. No ________ that is bought, according to Seneca, is respectable, according to this section of the book.
(a) Work.
(b) Education.
(c) Position.
(d) Item.

Short Answer Questions

1. Children should be taught that ________ is for warmth, for modesty, and for protection, according to the book.

2. __________ tells a story of a passenger on a ship that is going to sink, according to the book.

3. Artists and the creative community are said to be the only ones who enjoy an existence that is truly ________, according to the book.

4. Nature has a major role in what man is given to _______ and to live a happy life, even when he doesn't realize it, according to the book.

5. Health and _________ are just two of the many aspects of life that are not for sale.

(see the answer key)

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