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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ________ can subsist within itself, providing enough food and clothing for the members within, according to the book.
(a) Family.
(b) School.
(c) City.
(d) Community.

2. The rich are actually _________ to their own wealth, having to do much in order to keep it around.
(a) Leaders.
(b) Purveyors.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Slaves.

3. ___________ takes away the responsibility of providing for the family and it gives to man the idea leisure time as well, according to the book.
(a) Mass production.
(b) Church.
(c) The stock market.
(d) Peace.

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

5. The achievement of all other _________ in life is a distinct second to the acquisition of wealth, according to the book.
(a) Milestones.
(b) Goals.
(c) Family matters.
(d) Positions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gandhi realized that the more he gave away, the ________ it became, according to the book and to his own personal experience.

3. Horace Gregory refers to money as the invisible ________ against the human spirit, according to the book.

4. The woman represents __________ because men love women, according to the book.

5. The values that the rich have created have helped to steal the virtuous aspirations of the __________, according to the book.

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