View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book notes that we have forgotten that the ________ of poverty allows for the soul to be free from constraints.
(a) Experience.
(b) Weight.
(c) Truth.
(d) Virtue.

2. The values that the rich have created have helped to steal the virtuous aspirations of the __________, according to the book.
(a) Culture.
(b) Museums.
(c) Children.
(d) Schools.

3. True strength lies in the personal indifference and __________ found in untethered property, according to the book.
(a) Value.
(b) Stability.
(c) Independence.
(d) Constraint.

4. Society looks down upon the poor, thinking that they lack ________ which is what has led them to their position in society.
(a) Ambition.
(b) Money.
(c) Education.
(d) Intelligence.

5. The book points out that it is difficult to leave a life that has comfort in __________ and the easy life.
(a) Idols.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Money.
(d) Materialism.

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. Schumacher believes that modern ___________ is destroying the planet, according to the book.

3. Michael Harrington points out that there is virtue in choosing _________ over the desolation of empty abundance.

4. There seems to be a hunger for __________, but this hunger can be sated when alternative ideas are presented i society.

5. _________ is something that lies within each man, and in the traditional wisdom of mankind, according to the book.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 227 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample