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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poor man will feel content with the _________ from a rich man, though the rich man just wants to be rid of them.
(a) Discarded clothes.
(b) Cans of jelly.
(c) Gold pieces.
(d) Rotten food.

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

3. _______ proclaims that living the life of a philosopher is more than just loving wisdom and starting a school.
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Milton.
(d) Whitman.

4. Gandhi feels pulled into the ________, so he gives up what he has so as to not be influenced by outside sources.
(a) Soulful life.
(b) Mortal coil.
(c) Truthful wisdom.
(d) Political coil.

5. Jean _________ speaks of the happiness of the family in his writings, according to the book in the beginning of this section.
(a) Whitman.
(b) Smith.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Juliard.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ finds that he is rich enough as long as he is able to leave things untouched, according to the book.

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

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

4. What is NOT one of the three main threats to the world, according to the book's discussion in this section?

5. What is NOT listed as one of the world's new teachers in relation to materialism, according to the book?

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