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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Happy.
(c) Content.
(d) Rich.

3. Gandhi has experienced both ________ and poverty, but chooses poverty as this seems to help his work.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Destitution.
(c) Sainthood.
(d) Wealth.

4. Plutarch is happy that his only ________ is lost at sea because he will be able to live the life of a philosopher.
(a) Ship.
(b) Book.
(c) Money pouch.
(d) Son.

5. The success of the super rich is that they create rules and values that then become the benchmark for living the ____________.
(a) Good life.
(b) True happiness.
(c) Rich way.
(d) Rich life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Each cell in a _______ is built at an angle which provides the most strength but requires the least amount of materials to hold it up.

2. Gandhi feels pulled into the ________, so he gives up what he has so as to not be influenced by outside sources.

3. Being a _________ means that one makes the decision to live a simple life that is devoid of distractions, according to the book.

4. Poverty can become a reality when basic _____ have been met and the excess begins to litter one's life with meaninglessness.

5. ________, to the rich, is as much an affliction as poverty may be to the poor, according to the book.

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