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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ 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) Church.
(b) Nature.
(c) Study.
(d) Life.

2. Man annihilates more ________ than any other living thing, according to the book and according to recent findings.
(a) Hope.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Natural resources.
(d) Blessings.

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

4. _________ cautions against spoiling one's child by teaching him to expect more and more out of his life.
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) John Milton.
(c) John Locke.
(d) Robert Graves.

5. Each cell in a _______ is built at an angle which provides the most strength but requires the least amount of materials to hold it up.
(a) Pod.
(b) Leaf.
(c) Beehive.
(d) Home.

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

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

8. Lewis Mumford says that a person through _______ and rejection can free himself from the powerful, according to the book.
(a) Truth.
(b) Education.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Non-conformity.

9. Socrates overheard someone else talking about how expensive ________ was at the time, according to the book.
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Athens.
(d) Madrid.

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

11. 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) Rich.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Smaller.

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

13. Using _______, Marya Mannes writes a piece that addresses the avarice and the dysfunction of America in the book.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Satire.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Limericks.

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

15. _______ proclaims that living the life of a philosopher is more than just loving wisdom and starting a school.
(a) Whitman.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Milton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ________ writes that it can take a man a lifetime to learn how to live, according to the writing in this section.

3. _________ 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.

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

5. When a mother calls her daughter a little __________, she teaches her daughter to begin to admire herself.

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