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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. No ________ can surpass simplicity, according to St. Francois de Sales, according to this section of the book.
(a) Artifice.
(b) Word.
(c) Home.
(d) Stone.

2. Mumford says that the _______ of the Affluent Economy would not be Karl Marx but Henry Thoreau.
(a) Arch-enemy.
(b) President.
(c) Supporter.
(d) Representative.

3. 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) Beautiful.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Honorable.

4. Nature's gifts can not be _________, according to the book, even though man is attempting to do so now.
(a) Bought.
(b) Enjoyed.
(c) Destroyed.
(d) Depleted.

5. ________ speaks to the reader of the inherent fear of worry of losing the riches one has, according to the book.
(a) Morton.
(b) Milton.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Seneca.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is in the belt of the man who refuses to take the belt off, though it might cause him to drown?

3. The first step to a more satisfying life is to enter into Voluntary __________, according to the book.

4. Socrates overheard someone else talking about how expensive ________ was at the time, according to the book.

5. The only true solution for a return to the truly ______ life is to remove oneself from the false set of values, according to the book.

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