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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. ___________ takes away the responsibility of providing for the family and it gives to man the idea leisure time as well, according to the book.
(a) The stock market.
(b) Mass production.
(c) Peace.
(d) Church.

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

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

5. The ________ can subsist within itself, providing enough food and clothing for the members within, according to the book.
(a) Community.
(b) Family.
(c) City.
(d) School.

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

7. The civilized world lacks philosophers and _______ who can warn against the destructiveness of materialism.
(a) Priests.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Singers.
(d) Therapists.

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

9. 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) Achievement.
(c) Truth.
(d) Power.

10. _________ in one's life is really what makes one rich, according to the book and according to one of the sections.
(a) Contentment.
(b) Money.
(c) Power.
(d) Truth.

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

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

13. 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) Poor.
(b) Confused.
(c) Godless.
(d) Wealthy.

14. Seneca proclaims that the _______ provided by nature is adequately abundant, even though most people do not realize it or recognize it.
(a) Luxuries.
(b) Enough.
(c) Products.
(d) Wealth.

15. ________ may step in to define the values of society if man does not try to do this on his own.
(a) Government.
(b) Nature.
(c) Banks.
(d) Stock market.

Short Answer Questions

1. A ________ proverb points out that the gods only laugh at man when men pray to them for wealth, according to the book.

2. Every movement of humanity and _______ is one that leads toward simplicity, according to the book.

3. Man must get rid of all he owns in order to tap into the ________ which lie within him, according to the book.

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.

5. The goal of the frugal __________ is the goal of the man who needs some, but doesn't want to be weighed down by possessions.

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