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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Francis learns the ballads of ________ from his mother who hails from that area, which has seen the birth of poverty.
(a) Portugal.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Provencal.
(d) Paris.

2. Bruce Barton points out that it is the ________ of money that is the root of all evil, which makes sense in the book.
(a) Truth.
(b) Love.
(c) Pain.
(d) Amount.

3. Solutions to the health problems of wealth can be found in the restoration of ________, according to the book.
(a) Values.
(b) Balance.
(c) The middle class.
(d) Stability.

4. According to Epicurus, being too _______ has its downside, illustrating the idea that moderation is a lesson to be learned in life, according to the book.
(a) Rich.
(b) Frugal.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Powerful.

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 family.
(b) God.
(c) What else he wants.
(d) His dreams.

6. No man is without _______, whether he is gainfully employed or not, according to the book.
(a) Love.
(b) Patience.
(c) Work.
(d) Money.

7. ___________ writes in the second century BC that supreme happiness comes from contentment, according to the book.
(a) Confucius.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Plutarch.
(d) Patanjali.

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

9. Seneca dismayed that ______ was too easy to remove from the Earth as this might have been the beginning of the downfall of man.
(a) Coal.
(b) Diamond.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

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

11. It is the ______ man who often bungles his chance to choose his own experience within the confines of wealth.
(a) Poor.
(b) Uneducated.
(c) Rich.
(d) True.

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

13. 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) Law.
(b) Manner.
(c) Truth.
(d) Whitman.

14. ________ 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) Honor.
(b) Ego.
(c) Peace.
(d) Value.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The values that the rich have created have helped to steal the virtuous aspirations of the __________, according to the book.

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

3. ________ says that the only purpose of having money is to use it. There can be no other reason, according to the book.

4. Man's obligation is to live under ________in all of his actions, according to this part of the book.

5. Only with a limitation of one's possessions can one realize their true _________ in the world, according to the book.

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