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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Gandhi calls the process of getting rid of what he owned a removal of a _________ from his shoulders, according to the book.
(a) Monkey.
(b) Bag.
(c) Rope.
(d) Burden.

3. ________ says that the only purpose of having money is to use it. There can be no other reason, according to the book.
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) William Milton.
(c) Dorothy Day.
(d) William James.

4. Seneca proclaims that the _______ provided by nature is adequately abundant, even though most people do not realize it or recognize it.
(a) Wealth.
(b) Products.
(c) Enough.
(d) Luxuries.

5. Gandhi realized that the more he gave away, the ________ it became, according to the book and to his own personal experience.
(a) Harder.
(b) Easier.
(c) More plentiful.
(d) Honorable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Starting off this section is the poem "Lady ________" which talks more about the life of simplicity and what it has to offer."

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

3. 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.

4. __________, according to the book, says that man is at war with nature, which is causing many problems.

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

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