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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Plutarch is happy that his only ________ is lost at sea because he will be able to live the life of a philosopher.
(a) Ship.
(b) Money pouch.
(c) Son.
(d) Book.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Barnfield goes on to use ________ to show the ridiculous nature of man when he wants money in his life.

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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