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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To Honore de Balzac, the artist is the one who has always kept the true _______ between riches and poverty, according to the book.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Space.
(c) Volume.
(d) Balance.

3. _________ is the writer who describes the difference between inflicted poverty and voluntary poverty.
(a) Ivan Illich.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Dorothy Day.
(d) William James.

4. __________ should be left behind, according to the book, once wealth and possessions have been renounced by a person.
(a) Nothing.
(b) Children.
(c) Everything.
(d) Older people.

5. Seneca proclaims that the _______ provided by nature is adequately abundant, even though most people do not realize it or recognize it.
(a) Enough.
(b) Products.
(c) Luxuries.
(d) Wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is not a good idea to put too much emphasis on one's __________ at the detriment of leisure, according to the book.

2. Saint Bernard says that he does not notice the _________ of his method of getting around, according to the book.

3. _________ finds one can worship more devoutly when he/she is poor and without material possessions, according to the book.

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

5. ___________ writes in the second century BC that supreme happiness comes from contentment, according to the book.

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