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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) Campbell.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Seneca.
(d) St. Francis.

2. Bruce Barton points out that it is the ________ of money that is the root of all evil, which makes sense in the book.
(a) Amount.
(b) Pain.
(c) Love.
(d) Truth.

3. __________ tells a story of a passenger on a ship that is going to sink, according to the book.
(a) Barnfield.
(b) Campbell.
(c) James.
(d) Ruskin.

4. _______ proclaims that living the life of a philosopher is more than just loving wisdom and starting a school.
(a) Whitman.
(b) Milton.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Thoreau.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman represents __________ because men love women, according to the book.

2. Mumford says that the _______ of the Affluent Economy would not be Karl Marx but Henry Thoreau.

3. The three elements that Robert speaks of in his section can only be obtained through the ________ of unnecessary things, according to the book.

4. Socrates overheard someone else talking about how expensive ________ was at the time, according to the book.

5. _________ writes of Fortune stopping the wheel, which is a metaphor that illustrates that wealth causes a man to stop growing.

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