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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. No man is without _______, whether he is gainfully employed or not, according to the book.
(a) Patience.
(b) Work.
(c) Love.
(d) Money.

2. Michael Harrington points out that there is virtue in choosing _________ over the desolation of empty abundance.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Peace.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Truth.

3. What is in the belt of the man who refuses to take the belt off, though it might cause him to drown?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Platinum.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

4. Schumacher defines __________ as knowing when enough is enough in life and in all of life's activities, according to the book.
(a) Moderation.
(b) Temperantia.
(c) Movement.
(d) Contentment.

5. Society looks down upon the poor, thinking that they lack ________ which is what has led them to their position in society.
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Education.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ in one's life is really what makes one rich, according to the book and according to one of the sections.

2. The celebrations of the rich are like __________, according to Mercier when he speaks in this section of the book.

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

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

5. The book asks whether the poor man or the rich man feels more __________ when they have the transaction of items.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When does Thoreau say that he feels rich in his own life, according to this section?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the significance of Fortune stopping the wheel, according to the writing of Boethius?

10. What are some of the downsides to being wealthy, according to this section of the book?

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