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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) Enough.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Products.
(d) Luxuries.

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

3. ___________ writes in the second century BC that supreme happiness comes from contentment, according to the book.
(a) Confucius.
(b) Plutarch.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Patanjali.

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

5. When a man is able to discard __________, according to the book, he will be able to discover his own sense of contentment.
(a) Status.
(b) Power.
(c) Avarice.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ writes that it can take a man a lifetime to learn how to live, according to the writing in this section.

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

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

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

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