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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Children should be taught that ________ is for warmth, for modesty, and for protection, according to the book.
(a) Money.
(b) Wood.
(c) Home.
(d) Clothing.

2. Marcus Aurelius speaks of a ______ life so busy that it has no leisure, according to the book, which is not pleasant to him.
(a) Dismal.
(b) Boring.
(c) Full.
(d) Satisfactory.

3. Leisure is not the same thing as _________, according to the book, and it needs to be approached in a different way.
(a) Idleness.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Truth.
(d) Laziness.

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

5. Too often, the beauty and the size of one's _______ becomes more important than its cost.
(a) Book study.
(b) Office.
(c) Car.
(d) Home.

6. When a mother calls her daughter a little __________, she teaches her daughter to begin to admire herself.
(a) Cat.
(b) Girl.
(c) Princess.
(d) Peanut.

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

8. Gandhi writes that a seeker after _________ must put his faith in God that he will have everything he needs when he needs it.
(a) Saints.
(b) Power.
(c) Prominence.
(d) Truth.

9. _________ writes that in quiet times, man is able to do whatever he loves to do and to do it solely for its own sake, according to the book.
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Whitman.

10. __________, according to the book, says that man is at war with nature, which is causing many problems.
(a) Whitman.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Williams.

11. If wealthy nations were to adhere to _________, the world might have its resources more fairly shared without causing too much harm.
(a) Planting more trees.
(b) Zero growth.
(c) Limited growth.
(d) Eating less.

12. 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) Roman.
(d) Teresa.

13. The United States would be the leader of a _______ world if it were to give excess possessions to those in the world who are in need.
(a) Luxurious.
(b) Smaller.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Rich.

14. Mankind created a system that is destined to fail since it cannot continue to __________ itself, according to the book.
(a) Provide for.
(b) Populate.
(c) Understand.
(d) Outperform.

15. John Burroughs says that he has been too busy enjoying the ______ to seek wealth, according to the book.
(a) World.
(b) Promise of tomorrow.
(c) Museums.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. The need to develop __________ is essential in providing energy for the world's population, according to the book.

2. Man struggles with how to live his life and with what __________ will be most satisfying, according to the book.

3. A person should not allow possessions to have any __________ in life, as this will cause the baggage to be a bother.

4. To Honore de Balzac, the artist is the one who has always kept the true _______ between riches and poverty, according to the book.

5. Man annihilates more ________ than any other living thing, according to the book and according to recent findings.

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