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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________ speaks to the reader of the inherent fear of worry of losing the riches one has, according to the book.
(a) Morton.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Milton.

2. __________ should be left behind, according to the book, once wealth and possessions have been renounced by a person.
(a) Older people.
(b) Everything.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Children.

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

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

5. Gandhi says that a follower of the Laws of ________ need to have faith and does not need to save for the future when he does.
(a) Love.
(b) Promise.
(c) Religion.
(d) Labor.

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

7. _________ is not helpful unless it teaches a person to live the simple life, according to the writing of Seneca in this part of the book.
(a) Study.
(b) Life.
(c) Church.
(d) Nature.

8. ________ writes that it can take a man a lifetime to learn how to live, according to the writing in this section.
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Smith.
(d) Seneca.

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

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

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

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

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

14. It is not a good idea to put too much emphasis on one's __________ at the detriment of leisure, according to the book.
(a) Occupation.
(b) Books.
(c) Bank account.
(d) Family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Emerson points out that children often miss out on the real __________ of the sun and the moon and the water, according to the book.

2. _________ says that poverty, that confirms with the laws of nature, is great wealth, according to the book.

3. Children should be taught that ________ is for warmth, for modesty, and for protection, according to the book.

4. Marcus Aurelius writes how __________ is a life-long experience, according to his writing in this section of the book.

5. ________ does not limit how much is built on the lands or how many fish are taken from the waters, according to the book.

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