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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ writes of Fortune stopping the wheel, which is a metaphor that illustrates that wealth causes a man to stop growing.
(a) Plutarch.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Joseph Campbell.
(d) Boethius.

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

3. Man annihilates more ________ than any other living thing, according to the book and according to recent findings.
(a) Natural resources.
(b) Blessings.
(c) Hope.
(d) Spirit.

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

5. The poor man is made ________ by the rich man's gift, though the rich man is ashamed of the thing that he has given.
(a) Joyful.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Honorable.
(d) Beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Starting off this section is the poem "Lady ________" which talks more about the life of simplicity and what it has to offer."

2. Jean _________ speaks of the happiness of the family in his writings, according to the book in the beginning of this section.

3. Gandhi calls the process of getting rid of what he owned a removal of a _________ from his shoulders, according to the book.

4. Louis Mercier speaks of the _________ of the rich, how their furniture can seem like stage pieces, according to the book.

5. Plutarch is happy that his only ________ is lost at sea because he will be able to live the life of a philosopher.

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