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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Solutions to the health problems of wealth can be found in the restoration of ________, according to the book.
(a) The middle class.
(b) Balance.
(c) Stability.
(d) Values.

2. 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.
(a) Content.
(b) Happy.
(c) Rich.
(d) Truthful.

3. Most people of today do not understand the ________ that awaits them if they choose not to be rich in their lives, according to the book.
(a) Clarity.
(b) Truth.
(c) Peace.
(d) Joy.

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

5. _________ is the writer who describes the difference between inflicted poverty and voluntary poverty.
(a) William James.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Dorothy Day.
(d) Ivan Illich.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is in the deeper _______ that man must explore in order to find his true worth, according to the book.

2. Health and _________ are just two of the many aspects of life that are not for sale.

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

4. The book proposes that the wealthy in the world are the ones who are able to establish the ___________ in the world.

5. What is the name of the book that Michael Harrington contributed to? "The Other _________."

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