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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ allows one quiet time and time in which he can learn about himself, according to the book.
(a) Sleep.
(b) Leisure.
(c) Idleness.
(d) Work.

2. When a man is able to discard __________, according to the book, he will be able to discover his own sense of contentment.
(a) Power.
(b) Status.
(c) Avarice.
(d) Truth.

3. Thoreau says that ________ men are the most destitute because they do not know how to use the resources they have, according to the book.
(a) Godless.
(b) Poor.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Confused.

4. Man struggles with how to live his life and with what __________ will be most satisfying, according to the book.
(a) Family.
(b) House.
(c) Lifestyle.
(d) Number.

5. _________ writes that in quiet times, man is able to do whatever he loves to do and to do it solely for its own sake, according to the book.
(a) Whitman.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. _________ writes of Fortune stopping the wheel, which is a metaphor that illustrates that wealth causes a man to stop growing.

4. ________ says that the carrying of baggage is what will disturb the victory of those who want to travel the world.

5. It is the ______ man who often bungles his chance to choose his own experience within the confines of wealth.

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