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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ notes that man does not ask the value of an item, but rather what it costs, according to the book.
(a) Seneca.
(b) Barnfield.
(c) Ruskin.
(d) Campbell.

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

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

4. ________ says that the only purpose of having money is to use it. There can be no other reason, according to the book.
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) William James.
(c) William Milton.
(d) Dorothy Day.

5. _________ is not the desired goal of the person who wants to be more spiritual or focused, according to the book.
(a) Riches.
(b) Destitution.
(c) Power.
(d) Prominence.

Short Answer Questions

1. An austere existence opens the path to growth in _________ and in love, according to the book's contents in this section.

2. After meeting with the _________, Francis decides to give up all that he owns and he lives a life of poverty, according to the book.

3. The civilized world lacks philosophers and _______ who can warn against the destructiveness of materialism.

4. Francis contemplates ___________ to a noble and wealthy woman, but reality strikes him later of this choice.

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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