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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Seneca proclaims that the _______ provided by nature is adequately abundant, even though most people do not realize it or recognize it.
(a) Luxuries.
(b) Products.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Enough.

2. Man struggles with how to live his life and with what __________ will be most satisfying, according to the book.
(a) Number.
(b) Lifestyle.
(c) Family.
(d) House.

3. The woman represents __________ because men love women, according to the book.
(a) Power.
(b) Arguments.
(c) Money.
(d) Pain.

4. ________ writes that it can take a man a lifetime to learn how to live, according to the writing in this section.
(a) Seneca.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert ______ writes in 1923 that there are three elements in a beautiful life, according to the book.

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

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

4. What is the name of the writer of the poem at the start of this chapter, according to the book?

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

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