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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The success of the super rich is that they create rules and values that then become the benchmark for living the ____________.
(a) Rich life.
(b) Good life.
(c) Rich way.
(d) True happiness.

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) John Milton.
(c) Richard Barnfield.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

3. __________ should be left behind, according to the book, once wealth and possessions have been renounced by a person.
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything.
(c) Older people.
(d) Children.

4. Saint Bernard is criticized for riding a ________ while making his rounds to the poor, according to the book.
(a) Elephant.
(b) Wagon.
(c) Mule.
(d) Horse.

5. Bertrand ________ says that saving for the future takes the joy away from today, according to the book.
(a) Russell.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Milton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Francis learns the ballads of ________ from his mother who hails from that area, which has seen the birth of poverty.

2. Socrates overheard someone else talking about how expensive ________ was at the time, according to the book.

3. After meeting with the _________, Francis decides to give up all that he owns and he lives a life of poverty, according to the book.

4. _________ is not the desired goal of the person who wants to be more spiritual or focused, according to the book.

5. ________ cautions against building one's house beyond reasonable expense and splendor, according to the book.

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