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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. 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) Smith.
(b) Saylor.
(c) Truthseeker.
(d) Taylor.

2. 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) Witnessing.
(b) Truth.
(c) Achievement.
(d) Power.

3. Francis learns the ballads of ________ from his mother who hails from that area, which has seen the birth of poverty.
(a) Portugal.
(b) Paris.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Provencal.

4. The values that the rich have created have helped to steal the virtuous aspirations of the __________, according to the book.
(a) Culture.
(b) Children.
(c) Museums.
(d) Schools.

5. While poverty is not the end goal of the ________ community, it is a safe harbor temporarily where talents can be nurtured.
(a) Poor.
(b) Rich.
(c) Educational.
(d) Creative.

Short Answer Questions

1. William James believes that the fear of _________ is the worst moral disease that society has encountered.

2. The ________ can subsist within itself, providing enough food and clothing for the members within, according to the book.

3. The woman represents __________ because men love women, according to the book.

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

5. Solutions to the health problems of wealth can be found in the restoration of ________, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Japanese proverb put the ideas of money and wealth into perspective?

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

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

4. Who is Lady of Pecunia and what does she represent in society?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Dorothy Day explain the difference between when she contributes to the book?

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