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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ asserts that the praises of poverty need once more be boldly sung, according to the book.
(a) William James.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Joseph Campbell.
(d) William Shakespeare.

2. The book notes that we have forgotten that the ________ of poverty allows for the soul to be free from constraints.
(a) Virtue.
(b) Truth.
(c) Weight.
(d) Experience.

3. _________ in one's life is really what makes one rich, according to the book and according to one of the sections.
(a) Money.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Power.
(d) Truth.

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

5. ________ writes that the West is over-consuming the resources of the world and sinking itself into disaster, according to the book.
(a) Hitler.
(b) Huxley.
(c) Washington.
(d) Whitman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thoreau says that ________ men are the most destitute because they do not know how to use the resources they have, according to the book.

2. Much has been given to those from whom much will be required, thus men are neither equally gifted or __________, according to the book.

3. True strength lies in the personal indifference and __________ found in untethered property, according to the book.

4. ________ says that the only purpose of having money is to use it. There can be no other reason, according to the book.

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

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