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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. No ________ can surpass simplicity, according to St. Francois de Sales, according to this section of the book.
(a) Stone.
(b) Artifice.
(c) Home.
(d) Word.

2. A person should not allow possessions to have any __________ in life, as this will cause the baggage to be a bother.
(a) Truth.
(b) Significance.
(c) Weight.
(d) Value.

3. _________ allows one quiet time and time in which he can learn about himself, according to the book.
(a) Work.
(b) Leisure.
(c) Idleness.
(d) Sleep.

4. An _______ is a device that is used to purify things, according to the beginning of this section of the book.
(a) Enema.
(b) Atrophy.
(c) Alembic.
(d) Emberla.

5. Bertrand ________ says that saving for the future takes the joy away from today, according to the book.
(a) Milton.
(b) Russell.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Whitman.

6. The three elements that Robert speaks of in his section can only be obtained through the ________ of unnecessary things, according to the book.
(a) Burning.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Purchasing.
(d) Boredom.

7. The _______, who is in touch with life, can recognize its riches as well as its tragedies, according to the book.
(a) President.
(b) Artist.
(c) Spiritual seeker.
(d) Poor.

8. The _________ has cultivated a culture that has begun to confuse comfort with luxury, according to this section of the book.
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

9. Thoreau sees the world as being ruined by __________, according to his piece of writing in this section of the book.
(a) Desire.
(b) Spaciousness.
(c) Love.
(d) Luxury.

10. Saint Bernard is criticized for riding a ________ while making his rounds to the poor, according to the book.
(a) Mule.
(b) Wagon.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Horse.

11. _______ comments that artists regard their work as play and their play as work, as stated in the book.
(a) Plutarch.
(b) Joseph Campbell.
(c) David Riesman.
(d) Walt Whitman.

12. Whitman says that the _______ understands that the young man who sacrificed and lost his life for a worthy purpose led a life far superior to one with money.
(a) President.
(b) Poet.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Horse.

13. _________ finds one can worship more devoutly when he/she is poor and without material possessions, according to the book.
(a) Milton.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Mother Teresa.

14. ________ does not limit how much is built on the lands or how many fish are taken from the waters, according to the book.
(a) Government.
(b) Man.
(c) God.
(d) Woman.

15. A child just has to _______ in order to get what he wants, according to the way that we raise children.
(a) Sigh.
(b) Stand up.
(c) Cry.
(d) Hold out their hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ points out that while there is no money in poetry, there is also no poetry in money, according to the book.

2. __________ can become a hindrance to the journey while also being a disturbance on the way to victory, according to the book.

3. Lewis Mumford says that a person through _______ and rejection can free himself from the powerful, according to the book.

4. Within the country of America, according to the book, the idea of leisure is seen as an interruption of ___________.

5. Surya Prem says that when children are little, they should be taught to want __________, according to the book.

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