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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Truth.
(b) Joy.
(c) Peace.
(d) Clarity.

3. The rich are actually _________ to their own wealth, having to do much in order to keep it around.
(a) Purveyors.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Slaves.

4. __________ asserts that the praises of poverty need once more be boldly sung, according to the book.
(a) Joseph Campbell.
(b) William James.
(c) John Milton.
(d) William Shakespeare.

5. 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) Rich.
(b) Happy.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Content.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first step to a more satisfying life is to enter into Voluntary __________, according to the book.

2. The success of the super rich is that they create rules and values that then become the benchmark for living the ____________.

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

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

5. Ivan Illich believes that the world is divided into _______ camps of thought about money and about materialism.

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