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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 only true solution for a return to the truly ______ life is to remove oneself from the false set of values, according to the book.
(a) Happy.
(b) Rich.
(c) Content.
(d) Truthful.

2. ____________ writes that a few people know when they have enough and even fewer know how to use it.
(a) William James.
(b) Joseph Campbell.
(c) William Penn.
(d) Ivan Illich.

3. What is NOT listed as one of the world's new teachers in relation to materialism, according to the book?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Pollution.

4. __________ asserts that the praises of poverty need once more be boldly sung, according to the book.
(a) Joseph Campbell.
(b) William James.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) John Milton.

5. True strength lies in the personal indifference and __________ found in untethered property, according to the book.
(a) Stability.
(b) Value.
(c) Constraint.
(d) Independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. After meeting with the _________, Francis decides to give up all that he owns and he lives a life of poverty, according to the book.

2. Francis learns the ballads of ________ from his mother who hails from that area, which has seen the birth of poverty.

3. The first step to a more satisfying life is to enter into Voluntary __________, according to the book.

4. George _______ writes that when man has what he wants, he is rich, but when he is able to do without what he wants, he is powerful.

5. The poor man will feel content with the _________ from a rich man, though the rich man just wants to be rid of them.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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