View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first step to a more satisfying life is to enter into Voluntary __________, according to the book.
(a) Realism.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Riches.
(d) Poverty.

2. Man must get rid of all he owns in order to tap into the ________ which lie within him, according to the book.
(a) Possibilities.
(b) Powers.
(c) Truth.
(d) Treasures.

3. Gandhi realized that the more he gave away, the ________ it became, according to the book and to his own personal experience.
(a) More plentiful.
(b) Harder.
(c) Easier.
(d) Honorable.

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

5. An austere existence opens the path to growth in _________ and in love, according to the book's contents in this section.
(a) Selflessness.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Practice.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is the ______ man who often bungles his chance to choose his own experience within the confines of wealth.

2. The goal of the frugal __________ is the goal of the man who needs some, but doesn't want to be weighed down by possessions.

3. St. ________ dubs the life of the person who does not hold onto wealth as that of Lady Poverty.

4. _________ writes of Fortune stopping the wheel, which is a metaphor that illustrates that wealth causes a man to stop growing.

5. The book points out that it is difficult to leave a life that has comfort in __________ and the easy life.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the ancient concept that has been missing from society for a long time, according to this section?

4. What happens to Plutarch, but it allows him to live a life of a philosopher?

5. Why is it difficult to reject the easy life and the comfort of materialism?

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

7. What does Mildred Binns Young's thesis state about the rich in this section of the book?

8. How is the poor man separated from the destitute man, according to the book?

9. How does Schumacher define the idea of temperantia within this section of the book?

10. What does James say that society does when it sees a person who is poor and downtrodden?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 621 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample