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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The rich man has no patience with the concept of personal __________ or a society in which man can be free, according to the book.
(a) Truth.
(b) Witnessing.
(c) Achievement.
(d) Power.

2. It is the ______ man who often bungles his chance to choose his own experience within the confines of wealth.
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Poor.
(c) True.
(d) Rich.

3. While poverty is not the end goal of the ________ community, it is a safe harbor temporarily where talents can be nurtured.
(a) Creative.
(b) Rich.
(c) Educational.
(d) Poor.

4. It is in the deeper _______ that man must explore in order to find his true worth, according to the book.
(a) Heart.
(b) Hemisphere.
(c) Cerebellum.
(d) Cerebral cortex.

5. The civilized world lacks philosophers and _______ who can warn against the destructiveness of materialism.
(a) Therapists.
(b) Priests.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Singers.

Short Answer Questions

1. True strength lies in the personal indifference and __________ found in untethered property, according to the book.

2. What is NOT listed as one of the world's new teachers in relation to materialism, according to the book?

3. The only true solution for a return to the truly ______ life is to remove oneself from the false set of values, according to the book.

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

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

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