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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Walt Whitman, a _________, believes that living with the animals is the ideal way to spend one's life, according to the book.
(a) Priest.
(b) Novelist.
(c) Poet.
(d) Doctor.

2. Mildred Binns Young wrote a piece in 1939 that was called, "Toward a ___________ Poverty," according to the book.
(a) Painless.
(b) Functional.
(c) Realistic.
(d) Painful.

3. Confucious says that the highest good is to hold fast to the ________, meaning one must live a life of moderation and contentment.
(a) Golden Honor.
(b) Golden Road.
(c) Golden Mean.
(d) Truth.

4. Gandhi has experienced both ________ and poverty, but chooses poverty as this seems to help his work.
(a) Sainthood.
(b) Destitution.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Ignorance.

5. ________ is seen as a non-productive luxury that stands in the way of one's true worth in the world, according to the book.
(a) Ego.
(b) Value.
(c) Peace.
(d) Honor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The rich are actually _________ to their own wealth, having to do much in order to keep it around.

3. Schumacher believes that modern ___________ is destroying the planet, according to the book.

4. Within the country of America, according to the book, the idea of leisure is seen as an interruption of ___________.

5. The rich man has no patience with the concept of personal __________ or a society in which man can be free, according to the book.

(see the answer key)

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