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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the book that Michael Harrington contributed to? "The Other _________."
(a) Possibility.
(b) America.
(c) Class.
(d) War.

2. _________ is something that lies within each man, and in the traditional wisdom of mankind, according to the book.
(a) Virtue.
(b) Resolution.
(c) Truth.
(d) Contentment.

3. Health and _________ are just two of the many aspects of life that are not for sale.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Success.
(c) Money.
(d) Truth.

4. Michael Harrington points out that there is virtue in choosing _________ over the desolation of empty abundance.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Truth.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Peace.

5. Ivan Illich believes that the world is divided into _______ camps of thought about money and about materialism.
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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