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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ is something that lies within each man, and in the traditional wisdom of mankind, according to the book.
(a) Contentment.
(b) Resolution.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Truth.

2. There seems to be a hunger for __________, but this hunger can be sated when alternative ideas are presented i society.
(a) Success.
(b) Wealth.
(c) True riches.
(d) Empty goals.

3. The rich man has no patience with the concept of personal __________ or a society in which man can be free, according to the book.
(a) Witnessing.
(b) Truth.
(c) Achievement.
(d) Power.

4. When the family is __________ in society and not connected to others, then it can be truly happy, according to the book.
(a) Enmeshed.
(b) Convivial.
(c) Independent.
(d) Communal.

5. What does man think of when he has more free time in which to think about his life, according to the book?
(a) His dreams.
(b) His family.
(c) God.
(d) What else he wants.

6. St. ________ dubs the life of the person who does not hold onto wealth as that of Lady Poverty.
(a) Peter.
(b) Francis.
(c) Thomas.
(d) John.

7. _______ will need to be learned from real life insurgencies that have taken place within the world, according to the book.
(a) Anger.
(b) Lessons.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Fear.

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

9. ________, to the rich, is as much an affliction as poverty may be to the poor, according to the book.
(a) Sadness.
(b) Denial.
(c) Peace.
(d) Luxury.

10. The achievement of all other _________ in life is a distinct second to the acquisition of wealth, according to the book.
(a) Family matters.
(b) Milestones.
(c) Goals.
(d) Positions.

11. Schumacher believes that modern ___________ is destroying the planet, according to the book.
(a) Technology.
(b) Retirement funding.
(c) Media.
(d) Living.

12. William James believes that the fear of _________ is the worst moral disease that society has encountered.
(a) Death.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Disease.
(d) Riches.

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

14. __________ tells a story of a passenger on a ship that is going to sink, according to the book.
(a) Barnfield.
(b) Ruskin.
(c) James.
(d) Campbell.

15. Thoreau says that ________ men are the most destitute because they do not know how to use the resources they have, according to the book.
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Confused.
(c) Godless.
(d) Poor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. A trip to ________ creates passion in Francis when he is confronted with true destitution, according to the book.

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

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

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