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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The achievement of all other _________ in life is a distinct second to the acquisition of wealth, according to the book.
(a) Goals.
(b) Positions.
(c) Family matters.
(d) Milestones.

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

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

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

5. William James believes that the fear of _________ is the worst moral disease that society has encountered.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Disease.
(c) Death.
(d) Riches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poverty can become a reality when basic _____ have been met and the excess begins to litter one's life with meaninglessness.

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

3. ________ may step in to define the values of society if man does not try to do this on his own.

4. Solutions to the health problems of wealth can be found in the restoration of ________, according to the book.

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

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