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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the book of Timothy, the Bible says that the love of ____ is the root of all evil, according to the book.
(a) Money.
(b) Pain.
(c) Truth.
(d) Power.

2. Being a _________ means that one makes the decision to live a simple life that is devoid of distractions, according to the book.
(a) Banker.
(b) Writer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Philosopher.

3. Whitman is against living with animals because they are not demented with the _________ of owning things, according to the book.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Depression.
(c) Distraction.
(d) Mania.

4. George _______ writes that when man has what he wants, he is rich, but when he is able to do without what he wants, he is powerful.
(a) McDonald.
(b) Masters.
(c) James.
(d) Thoreau.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Walt Whitman, a _________, believes that living with the animals is the ideal way to spend one's life, according to the book.

2. Seneca dismayed that ______ was too easy to remove from the Earth as this might have been the beginning of the downfall of man.

3. Living the ______ life, free of the burdens of wealth and of possessions is considered to be ideal, according to the book.

4. Starting off this section is the poem "Lady ________" which talks more about the life of simplicity and what it has to offer."

5. What is in the belt of the man who refuses to take the belt off, though it might cause him to drown?

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