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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barnfield goes on to use ________ to show the ridiculous nature of man when he wants money in his life.
(a) Satire.
(b) Rhymes.
(c) Images.
(d) Puns.

2. _________ notes that man does not ask the value of an item, but rather what it costs, according to the book.
(a) Campbell.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Barnfield.
(d) Ruskin.

3. Gandhi feels pulled into the ________, so he gives up what he has so as to not be influenced by outside sources.
(a) Truthful wisdom.
(b) Mortal coil.
(c) Political coil.
(d) Soulful life.

4. ____________ writes that a few people know when they have enough and even fewer know how to use it.
(a) William James.
(b) Ivan Illich.
(c) Joseph Campbell.
(d) William Penn.

5. Marcus Aurelius speaks of a ______ life so busy that it has no leisure, according to the book, which is not pleasant to him.
(a) Dismal.
(b) Satisfactory.
(c) Boring.
(d) Full.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mildred Binns Young wrote a piece in 1939 that was called, "Toward a ___________ Poverty," according to the book.

2. A life that is dedicated to ________ and does not take part in leisure is a joyless one, according to the book.

3. The book notes that we have forgotten that the ________ of poverty allows for the soul to be free from constraints.

4. _______ comments that artists regard their work as play and their play as work, as stated in the book.

5. The civilized world lacks philosophers and _______ who can warn against the destructiveness of materialism.

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