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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If wealthy nations were to adhere to _________, the world might have its resources more fairly shared without causing too much harm.
(a) Zero growth.
(b) Eating less.
(c) Planting more trees.
(d) Limited growth.

2. What is the name of the writer of the poem at the start of this chapter, according to the book?
(a) William James.
(b) Richard Barnfield.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) John Milton.

3. Man's obligation is to live under ________in all of his actions, according to this part of the book.
(a) Money.
(b) Purpose.
(c) God.
(d) Truth.

4. What is NOT listed as one of the world's new teachers in relation to materialism, according to the book?
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Pollution.

5. Man annihilates more ________ than any other living thing, according to the book and according to recent findings.
(a) Blessings.
(b) Natural resources.
(c) Hope.
(d) Spirit.

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. Nature's gifts can not be _________, according to the book, even though man is attempting to do so now.

3. Bruce Barton points out that it is the ________ of money that is the root of all evil, which makes sense in the book.

4. Plutarch is happy that his only ________ is lost at sea because he will be able to live the life of a philosopher.

5. _________ is the writer who describes the difference between inflicted poverty and voluntary poverty.

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