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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. William _______ is paraphrased when it is said that man is rich in virtues when he wants to use what he has in a holy manner.
(a) Truth.
(b) Law.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Manner.

3. Horace Gregory refers to money as the invisible ________ against the human spirit, according to the book.
(a) Desire.
(b) Enemy.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Piece.

4. What is NOT listed as one of the world's new teachers in relation to materialism, according to the book?
(a) Genocide.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Terrorism.
(d) Pollution.

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

6. An austere existence opens the path to growth in _________ and in love, according to the book's contents in this section.
(a) Practice.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Power.
(d) Selflessness.

7. The poor man will feel content with the _________ from a rich man, though the rich man just wants to be rid of them.
(a) Gold pieces.
(b) Discarded clothes.
(c) Cans of jelly.
(d) Rotten food.

8. Francis contemplates ___________ to a noble and wealthy woman, but reality strikes him later of this choice.
(a) Giving a child.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Giving what he owns.
(d) Marriage.

9. The celebrations of the rich are like __________, according to Mercier when he speaks in this section of the book.
(a) Books.
(b) Plays.
(c) Movies.
(d) Pageants.

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

11. The first step to a more satisfying life is to enter into Voluntary __________, according to the book.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Riches.

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

13. ________ is seen as a non-productive luxury that stands in the way of one's true worth in the world, according to the book.
(a) Value.
(b) Honor.
(c) Peace.
(d) Ego.

14. 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) Smith.
(b) Truthseeker.
(c) Taylor.
(d) Saylor.

15. George _______ writes that when man has what he wants, he is rich, but when he is able to do without what he wants, he is powerful.
(a) McDonald.
(b) James.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Masters.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book proposes that the wealthy in the world are the ones who are able to establish the ___________ in the world.

2. _________ writes of Fortune stopping the wheel, which is a metaphor that illustrates that wealth causes a man to stop growing.

3. Mildred Binns Young wrote a piece in 1939 that was called, "Toward a ___________ Poverty," according to the book.

4. What is the job of St. Francis of Assisi's father when he is growing up in the world?

5. __________ asserts that the praises of poverty need once more be boldly sung, according to the book.

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