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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ 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) Mother Teresa.
(d) Milton.

2. _________ says that poverty, that confirms with the laws of nature, is great wealth, according to the book.
(a) Seneca.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Epicurus.
(d) Mother Teresa.

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

4. A person should not allow possessions to have any __________ in life, as this will cause the baggage to be a bother.
(a) Truth.
(b) Value.
(c) Weight.
(d) Significance.

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

6. 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) Smaller.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Rich.
(d) Luxurious.

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

8. _________, says Robert Henri, is a privilege that one is willing to pay for, which is why it is so special, according to the book.
(a) Creativity.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Artistic poverty.
(d) Art life.

9. 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.
(a) Buy.
(b) Find.
(c) Understand.
(d) Ignore.

10. ________ advocates a luxury that has nothing to do with money, rather he sees it as food for the soul, according to the book.
(a) Whitman.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Cocteau.
(d) Seneca.

11. ________ says that the carrying of baggage is what will disturb the victory of those who want to travel the world.
(a) Sir Francis Bacon.
(b) James Horner.
(c) Plutarch.
(d) Christopher Columbus.

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

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

14. The _______ is always easier when one travels lighter, according to the book in this section, and according to Felix.
(a) Power.
(b) Truth.
(c) Voyage.
(d) Promise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ points out that while there is no money in poetry, there is also no poetry in money, according to the book.

2. _________ 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.

3. Thoreau sees the world as being ruined by __________, according to his piece of writing in this section of the book.

4. _________ 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.

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

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