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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ finds one can worship more devoutly when he/she is poor and without material possessions, according to the book.
(a) Mother Teresa.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) Milton.
(d) The Pope.

2. Nature's gifts can not be _________, according to the book, even though man is attempting to do so now.
(a) Bought.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Depleted.
(d) Enjoyed.

3. Most people of today do not understand the ________ that awaits them if they choose not to be rich in their lives, according to the book.
(a) Joy.
(b) Peace.
(c) Truth.
(d) Clarity.

4. Starting off this section is the poem "Lady ________" which talks more about the life of simplicity and what it has to offer."
(a) Poverty.
(b) Power.
(c) Truth.
(d) Pecunia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does man think of when he has more free time in which to think about his life, according to the book?

2. Saint _______ notes that ignoring one's wealth is much like removing it from one's life entirely, according to the book.

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

4. St. Teresa of Avila speaks of the _______ of the vow of poverty, the foundation of the Order which she established.

5. _________ notes that man does not ask the value of an item, but rather what it costs, according to the book.

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