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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Society looks down upon the poor, thinking that they lack ________ which is what has led them to their position in society.
(a) Education.
(b) Money.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Ambition.

2. The United States would be the leader of a _______ world if it were to give excess possessions to those in the world who are in need.
(a) Rich.
(b) Smaller.
(c) Luxurious.
(d) Peaceful.

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

4. Man must get rid of all he owns in order to tap into the ________ which lie within him, according to the book.
(a) Powers.
(b) Possibilities.
(c) Treasures.
(d) Truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The rich are actually _________ to their own wealth, having to do much in order to keep it around.

2. Whitman is against living with animals because they are not demented with the _________ of owning things, according to the book.

3. The book points out that it is difficult to leave a life that has comfort in __________ and the easy life.

4. Much has been given to those from whom much will be required, thus men are neither equally gifted or __________, according to the book.

5. Nature's gifts can not be _________, according to the book, even though man is attempting to do so now.

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