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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is not a good idea to put too much emphasis on one's __________ at the detriment of leisure, according to the book.
(a) Books.
(b) Family.
(c) Occupation.
(d) Bank account.

2. Barnfield goes on to use ________ to show the ridiculous nature of man when he wants money in his life.
(a) Satire.
(b) Rhymes.
(c) Images.
(d) Puns.

3. _________ notes that man does not ask the value of an item, but rather what it costs, according to the book.
(a) Campbell.
(b) Barnfield.
(c) Ruskin.
(d) Seneca.

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

5. __________, according to the book, says that man is at war with nature, which is causing many problems.
(a) Seneca.
(b) Williams.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Thoreau.

Short Answer Questions

1. A child just has to _______ in order to get what he wants, according to the way that we raise children.

2. Robert ______ writes in 1923 that there are three elements in a beautiful life, according to the book.

3. The prayer in Mannes' piece of writing gives thanks to the god of plenty, the god of profit, and the goddess of __________.

4. Children should be taught that ________ is for warmth, for modesty, and for protection, according to the book.

5. Horace Gregory refers to money as the invisible ________ against the human spirit, according to the book.

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