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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The rich man has no patience with the concept of personal __________ or a society in which man can be free, according to the book.
(a) Truth.
(b) Witnessing.
(c) Achievement.
(d) Power.

2. _________ in one's life is really what makes one rich, according to the book and according to one of the sections.
(a) Money.
(b) Truth.
(c) Power.
(d) Contentment.

3. Gandhi feels pulled into the ________, so he gives up what he has so as to not be influenced by outside sources.
(a) Political coil.
(b) Soulful life.
(c) Mortal coil.
(d) Truthful wisdom.

4. Jeremy _______ writes that the status we call poverty is actually supposed to be called nature, according to the book and to the way he thinks.
(a) Saylor.
(b) Smith.
(c) Taylor.
(d) Truthseeker.

5. Jean _________ speaks of the happiness of the family in his writings, according to the book in the beginning of this section.
(a) Juliard.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Health and _________ are just two of the many aspects of life that are not for sale.

2. _________ is something that lies within each man, and in the traditional wisdom of mankind, according to the book.

3. According to Epicurus, being too _______ has its downside, illustrating the idea that moderation is a lesson to be learned in life, according to the book.

4. Poverty can become a reality when basic _____ have been met and the excess begins to litter one's life with meaninglessness.

5. What is NOT listed as one of the world's new teachers in relation to materialism, according to the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the civilized world lack these days which it did not lack in the past, according to Schumacher?

2. What is the idea or thing that metes out everything that man needs in order to be happy in life, according to Taylor?

3. What does James conclude to be the worst moral disease in society?

4. What is poverty if it is not the end goal of the creative community, according to Michael Harrington?

5. What is the desired goal of having less if the goal is not to be destitute?

6. What does Gandhi say is the only true way for mankind to have equality in the world?

7. How can the hunger for the mostly empty goals in society and in life be thwarted, according to the book?

8. What is the societal status of St. Francis of Assisi before he begins his work as a monk?

9. What is the power that is said to be intrinsic in the world able to do within society?

10. What does mass production do to the family, according to the section by Jean Rousseau?

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