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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The desire to gain ________ and the fear of its loss creates ideal conditions for corruption and for cowardice.
(a) Homes.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Status.
(d) Power.

3. A ________ proverb points out that the gods only laugh at man when men pray to them for wealth, according to the book.
(a) Japanese.
(b) Korean.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Spanish.

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

5. Only with a limitation of one's possessions can one realize their true _________ in the world, according to the book.
(a) Connection.
(b) Power.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Worth.

6. 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) Experience.
(d) Truth.

7. 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) Pecunia.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Power.

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

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

10. What is the job of St. Francis of Assisi's father when he is growing up in the world?
(a) Bookkeeper.
(b) Priest.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Doctor.

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

12. A trip to ________ creates passion in Francis when he is confronted with true destitution, according to the book.
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Lipswitch.
(d) Hungary.

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

14. Most people of today do not understand the ________ that awaits them if they choose not to be rich in their lives, according to the book.
(a) Joy.
(b) Clarity.
(c) Peace.
(d) Truth.

15. 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) Pain.
(c) Amount.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ in one's life is really what makes one rich, according to the book and according to one of the sections.

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

3. Francis contemplates ___________ to a noble and wealthy woman, but reality strikes him later of this choice.

4. While poverty is not the end goal of the ________ community, it is a safe harbor temporarily where talents can be nurtured.

5. An austere existence opens the path to growth in _________ and in love, according to the book's contents in this section.

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