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

Multiple Choice 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.
(a) Truths.
(b) Realities.
(c) Treasures.
(d) Powers.

2. Whitman is against living with animals because they are not demented with the _________ of owning things, according to the book.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Depression.
(c) Distraction.
(d) Mania.

3. Gandhi has experienced both ________ and poverty, but chooses poverty as this seems to help his work.
(a) Sainthood.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Destitution.
(d) Wealth.

4. Nature has a major role in what man is given to _______ and to live a happy life, even when he doesn't realize it, according to the book.
(a) Take.
(b) Enjoy.
(c) Succeed.
(d) Fail.

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

6. Nature's gifts can not be _________, according to the book, even though man is attempting to do so now.
(a) Depleted.
(b) Bought.
(c) Enjoyed.
(d) Destroyed.

7. 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.

8. The power of the _______ is unlimited and is the tool that changes culture, according to the book.
(a) Masses.
(b) Individual.
(c) Country.
(d) Child.

9. Voluntary Poverty is a cure for out-sized _____ and mankind's suffering, according to the ending of the book.
(a) Egos.
(b) Homes.
(c) Ideals.
(d) Countries.

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

11. A life that is dedicated to ________ and does not take part in leisure is a joyless one, according to the book.
(a) Movement.
(b) Work.
(c) Truth.
(d) Study.

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

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

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

15. Walt Whitman, a _________, believes that living with the animals is the ideal way to spend one's life, according to the book.
(a) Poet.
(b) Novelist.
(c) Priest.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. If the individual does not ______ what is being produced by those who are in power, then he will begin to take away the power of that company.

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

3. 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.

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. What is NOT one of the three main threats to the world, according to the book's discussion in this section?

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