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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 desire to gain ________ and the fear of its loss creates ideal conditions for corruption and for cowardice.
(a) Status.
(b) Power.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Homes.

2. The success of the super rich is that they create rules and values that then become the benchmark for living the ____________.
(a) Rich way.
(b) Good life.
(c) Rich life.
(d) True happiness.

3. Only with a limitation of one's possessions can one realize their true _________ in the world, according to the book.
(a) Purpose.
(b) Connection.
(c) Power.
(d) Worth.

4. The ________ can subsist within itself, providing enough food and clothing for the members within, according to the book.
(a) School.
(b) Family.
(c) Community.
(d) City.

5. The poor man will feel content with the _________ from a rich man, though the rich man just wants to be rid of them.
(a) Cans of jelly.
(b) Discarded clothes.
(c) Rotten food.
(d) Gold pieces.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book proposes that the wealthy in the world are the ones who are able to establish the ___________ in the world.

2. There seems to be a hunger for __________, but this hunger can be sated when alternative ideas are presented i society.

3. An austere existence opens the path to growth in _________ and in love, according to the book's contents in this section.

4. Starting off this section is the poem "Lady ________" which talks more about the life of simplicity and what it has to offer."

5. While poverty is not the end goal of the ________ community, it is a safe harbor temporarily where talents can be nurtured.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Horace Gregory describe money as being, according to his section in the book?

4. What does the invention of free time, as given by mass production, cause a man to do?

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

6. What does the first section have to say about man and what his obligation is in life?

7. What happens when a rich man discards clothing that is too old?

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

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

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

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