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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. ________ writes that it can take a man a lifetime to learn how to live, according to the writing in this section.
(a) Smith.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Seneca.

3. In what century did Minucius Felix live, according to the notes in this section of the book?
(a) Third.
(b) Second.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Fourth.

4. Bertrand ________ says that saving for the future takes the joy away from today, according to the book.
(a) Whitman.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Russell.
(d) Milton.

5. John Burroughs says that he has been too busy enjoying the ______ to seek wealth, according to the book.
(a) Museums.
(b) Art.
(c) World.
(d) Promise of tomorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. If wealthy nations were to adhere to _________, the world might have its resources more fairly shared without causing too much harm.

2. In the book of Timothy, the Bible says that the love of ____ is the root of all evil, according to the book.

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.

4. Ivan Illich believes that the world is divided into _______ camps of thought about money and about materialism.

5. ________ writes that the West is over-consuming the resources of the world and sinking itself into disaster, according to the book.

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