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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The _______, who is in touch with life, can recognize its riches as well as its tragedies, according to the book.
(a) Spiritual seeker.
(b) Poor.
(c) President.
(d) Artist.

3. _________, 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) Poverty.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Art life.
(d) Artistic poverty.

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

5. Saint Bernard is criticized for riding a ________ while making his rounds to the poor, according to the book.
(a) Wagon.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Horse.
(d) Mule.

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

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

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

9. In what century did Minucius Felix live, according to the notes in this section of the book?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) Third.
(d) Fifth.

10. _________ 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) Study.
(c) Nature.
(d) Life.

11. 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) Leaf.
(b) Home.
(c) Beehive.
(d) Pod.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The power of the _______ is unlimited and is the tool that changes culture, according to the book.

3. Robert ______ writes in 1923 that there are three elements in a beautiful life, according to the book.

4. A child just has to _______ in order to get what he wants, according to the way that we raise children.

5. Whitman says that the _______ understands that the young man who sacrificed and lost his life for a worthy purpose led a life far superior to one with money.

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