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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The values that the rich have created have helped to steal the virtuous aspirations of the __________, according to the book.
(a) Museums.
(b) Schools.
(c) Children.
(d) Culture.

2. Francis learns the ballads of ________ from his mother who hails from that area, which has seen the birth of poverty.
(a) Paris.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Provencal.
(d) Madrid.

3. Saint _______ notes that ignoring one's wealth is much like removing it from one's life entirely, according to the book.
(a) Teresa.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Assisi.
(d) Roman.

4. What is NOT listed as one of the world's new teachers in relation to materialism, according to the book?
(a) Genocide.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Terrorism.

5. Much has been given to those from whom much will be required, thus men are neither equally gifted or __________, according to the book.
(a) Burdened.
(b) Impoverished.
(c) Glorified.
(d) Pained.

Short Answer Questions

1. Man struggles with how to live his life and with what __________ will be most satisfying, according to the book.

2. A trip to ________ creates passion in Francis when he is confronted with true destitution, according to the book.

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

4. The book proposes that the wealthy in the world are the ones who are able to establish the ___________ in the world.

5. Mumford says that the _______ of the Affluent Economy would not be Karl Marx but Henry Thoreau.

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