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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The three elements that Robert speaks of in his section can only be obtained through the ________ of unnecessary things, according to the book.
(a) Purchasing.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Burning.
(d) Sacrifice.

5. __________ tells a story of a passenger on a ship that is going to sink, according to the book.
(a) Ruskin.
(b) James.
(c) Campbell.
(d) Barnfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ writes that a few people know when they have enough and even fewer know how to use it.

2. Schumacher defines __________ as knowing when enough is enough in life and in all of life's activities, according to the book.

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

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

5. When a man is able to discard __________, according to the book, he will be able to discover his own sense of contentment.

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