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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gandhi realized that the more he gave away, the ________ it became, according to the book and to his own personal experience.
(a) More plentiful.
(b) Easier.
(c) Harder.
(d) Honorable.

2. Poverty can become a reality when basic _____ have been met and the excess begins to litter one's life with meaninglessness.
(a) Bills.
(b) Status requirements.
(c) Accounts.
(d) Needs.

3. The woman represents __________ because men love women, according to the book.
(a) Arguments.
(b) Pain.
(c) Power.
(d) Money.

4. Starting off this section is the poem "Lady ________" which talks more about the life of simplicity and what it has to offer."
(a) Power.
(b) Truth.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Pecunia.

5. Gandhi feels pulled into the ________, so he gives up what he has so as to not be influenced by outside sources.
(a) Truthful wisdom.
(b) Mortal coil.
(c) Soulful life.
(d) Political coil.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. __________ asserts that the praises of poverty need once more be boldly sung, according to the book.

4. The achievement of all other _________ in life is a distinct second to the acquisition of wealth, according to the book.

5. What is the name of the writer of the poem at the start of this chapter, according to the book?

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