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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mumford says that the _______ of the Affluent Economy would not be Karl Marx but Henry Thoreau.
(a) Representative.
(b) Supporter.
(c) Arch-enemy.
(d) President.

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

3. What is in the belt of the man who refuses to take the belt off, though it might cause him to drown?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Silver.
(c) Platinum.
(d) Gold.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. _________ notes that man does not ask the value of an item, but rather what it costs, according to the book.

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

4. _________ finds that he is rich enough as long as he is able to leave things untouched, according to the book.

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

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