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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Epicurus, being too _______ has its downside, illustrating the idea that moderation is a lesson to be learned in life, according to the book.
(a) Rich.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Frugal.
(d) Truthful.

4. George _______ writes that when man has what he wants, he is rich, but when he is able to do without what he wants, he is powerful.
(a) James.
(b) McDonald.
(c) Masters.
(d) Thoreau.

5. ____________ writes that a few people know when they have enough and even fewer know how to use it.
(a) William James.
(b) William Penn.
(c) Joseph Campbell.
(d) Ivan Illich.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Seneca dismayed that ______ was too easy to remove from the Earth as this might have been the beginning of the downfall of man.

3. Man struggles with how to live his life and with what __________ will be most satisfying, according to the book.

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

5. Walt Whitman, a _________, believes that living with the animals is the ideal way to spend one's life, according to the book.

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