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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. Every movement of humanity and _______ is one that leads toward simplicity, according to the book.
(a) Justice.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Peace.
(d) Grace.

2. Health and _________ are just two of the many aspects of life that are not for sale.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Money.
(c) Truth.
(d) Success.

3. Horace Gregory refers to money as the invisible ________ against the human spirit, according to the book.
(a) Desire.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Piece.

4. _________ is something that lies within each man, and in the traditional wisdom of mankind, according to the book.
(a) Virtue.
(b) Truth.
(c) Resolution.
(d) Contentment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Schumacher defines __________ as knowing when enough is enough in life and in all of life's activities, according to the book.

2. Bruce Barton points out that it is the ________ of money that is the root of all evil, which makes sense in the book.

3. Louis Mercier speaks of the _________ of the rich, how their furniture can seem like stage pieces, according to the book.

4. ________, to the rich, is as much an affliction as poverty may be to the poor, according to the book.

5. ________ may step in to define the values of society if man does not try to do this on his own.

Short Essay Questions

1. Illich says that the world is divided into two different camps, what are these two camps?

2. What happens when Francis is about to marry a wealthy woman?

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

4. What is the question that arises from the story of the man on the boat, according to Ruskin?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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