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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The wise and _______ man has always made it a goal to be unencumbered by things or wealth, according to the book.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Rich.
(c) Honest.
(d) Spiritual.

2. There seems to be a hunger for __________, but this hunger can be sated when alternative ideas are presented i society.
(a) Wealth.
(b) Empty goals.
(c) True riches.
(d) Success.

3. The success of the super rich is that they create rules and values that then become the benchmark for living the ____________.
(a) Rich way.
(b) Good life.
(c) True happiness.
(d) Rich life.

4. __________ tells a story of a passenger on a ship that is going to sink, according to the book.
(a) Ruskin.
(b) Barnfield.
(c) James.
(d) Campbell.

5. Thoreau says that ________ men are the most destitute because they do not know how to use the resources they have, according to the book.
(a) Godless.
(b) Poor.
(c) Confused.
(d) Wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. William James believes that the fear of _________ is the worst moral disease that society has encountered.

2. Every movement of humanity and _______ is one that leads toward simplicity, according to the book.

3. No man is without _______, whether he is gainfully employed or not, according to the book.

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

5. Much has been given to those from whom much will be required, thus men are neither equally gifted or __________, according to the book.

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