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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Man's obligation is to live under ________in all of his actions, according to this part of the book.
(a) Money.
(b) God.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Truth.

2. What is the name of the book that Michael Harrington contributed to? "The Other _________."
(a) War.
(b) America.
(c) Possibility.
(d) Class.

3. The woman represents __________ because men love women, according to the book.
(a) Power.
(b) Pain.
(c) Money.
(d) Arguments.

4. Jeremy _______ writes that the status we call poverty is actually supposed to be called nature, according to the book and to the way he thinks.
(a) Taylor.
(b) Smith.
(c) Truthseeker.
(d) Saylor.

5. Schumacher defines __________ as knowing when enough is enough in life and in all of life's activities, according to the book.
(a) Contentment.
(b) Movement.
(c) Moderation.
(d) Temperantia.

6. When we don't hold onto anything, we can _______ without fear of losing our affluence.
(a) Be scared.
(b) Be powerful.
(c) Speak our mind.
(d) Run away.

7. True strength lies in the personal indifference and __________ found in untethered property, according to the book.
(a) Value.
(b) Stability.
(c) Independence.
(d) Constraint.

8. _________ is the writer who describes the difference between inflicted poverty and voluntary poverty.
(a) William James.
(b) Dorothy Day.
(c) John Milton.
(d) Ivan Illich.

9. _________ writes of Fortune stopping the wheel, which is a metaphor that illustrates that wealth causes a man to stop growing.
(a) Joseph Campbell.
(b) Boethius.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Plutarch.

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

11. Starting off this section is the poem "Lady ________" which talks more about the life of simplicity and what it has to offer."
(a) Truth.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Pecunia.
(d) Power.

12. The book notes that we have forgotten that the ________ of poverty allows for the soul to be free from constraints.
(a) Virtue.
(b) Weight.
(c) Truth.
(d) Experience.

13. While poverty is not the end goal of the ________ community, it is a safe harbor temporarily where talents can be nurtured.
(a) Educational.
(b) Poor.
(c) Creative.
(d) Rich.

14. Ivan Illich believes that the world is divided into _______ camps of thought about money and about materialism.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the family is __________ in society and not connected to others, then it can be truly happy, according to the book.

2. The poor man is made ________ by the rich man's gift, though the rich man is ashamed of the thing that he has given.

3. __________ tells a story of a passenger on a ship that is going to sink, according to the book.

4. The first step to a more satisfying life is to enter into Voluntary __________, according to the book.

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

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