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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Man struggles with how to live his life and with what __________ will be most satisfying, according to the book.
(a) Family.
(b) Number.
(c) House.
(d) Lifestyle.

2. A ________ education is one that gives man his freedom, the freedom to think and to create, according to the book.
(a) History.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Art.
(d) Liberal.

3. Robert ______ writes in 1923 that there are three elements in a beautiful life, according to the book.
(a) Smith.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Henri.
(d) Seneca.

4. Living the ______ life, free of the burdens of wealth and of possessions is considered to be ideal, according to the book.
(a) Unencumbered.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Boyish.
(d) Simple.

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

6. The need to develop __________ is essential in providing energy for the world's population, according to the book.
(a) New settlements.
(b) Peace treaties.
(c) Peace plans.
(d) Alternative energies.

7. The _________ issues a report in 1974 that suggests a zero population growth in the world.
(a) Ford Foundation.
(b) Census.
(c) US military.
(d) US Department of Health.

8. __________ can become a hindrance to the journey while also being a disturbance on the way to victory, according to the book.
(a) Weight.
(b) Pain.
(c) Dishonesty.
(d) Baggage.

9. Within the country of America, according to the book, the idea of leisure is seen as an interruption of ___________.
(a) Work.
(b) Purpose.
(c) Movement.
(d) Promise.

10. Saint _______ notes that ignoring one's wealth is much like removing it from one's life entirely, according to the book.
(a) Bernard.
(b) Assisi.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Roman.

11. It is human _________, according to the book, to save for an uncertain future which starts off this section of the book.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Nature.
(c) Stupidity.
(d) Society.

12. No ________ that is bought, according to Seneca, is respectable, according to this section of the book.
(a) Work.
(b) Education.
(c) Item.
(d) Position.

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

14. The method of transportation for Saint _________ is simply a means to visit the poor and to minister to them.
(a) Teresa.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Assisi.

15. Mumford says that the _______ of the Affluent Economy would not be Karl Marx but Henry Thoreau.
(a) President.
(b) Arch-enemy.
(c) Supporter.
(d) Representative.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ proclaims that living the life of a philosopher is more than just loving wisdom and starting a school.

2. Gandhi has experienced both ________ and poverty, but chooses poverty as this seems to help his work.

3. Bertrand ________ says that saving for the future takes the joy away from today, according to the book.

4. _________, says Robert Henri, is a privilege that one is willing to pay for, which is why it is so special, according to the book.

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

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