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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. Man's obligation is to live under ________in all of his actions, according to this part of the book.
(a) Truth.
(b) God.
(c) Money.
(d) Purpose.

2. When a man is able to discard __________, according to the book, he will be able to discover his own sense of contentment.
(a) Power.
(b) Status.
(c) Avarice.
(d) Truth.

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

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

5. 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) Content.
(b) Rich.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poor man is made ________ by the rich man's gift, though the rich man is ashamed of the thing that he has given.

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

3. William _______ is paraphrased when it is said that man is rich in virtues when he wants to use what he has in a holy manner.

4. It is in the deeper _______ that man must explore in order to find his true worth, according to the book.

5. The achievement of all other _________ in life is a distinct second to the acquisition of wealth, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How can the hunger for the mostly empty goals in society and in life be thwarted, according to the book?

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

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

7. What are the essential aspects of life that are not for sale, according to this section of the book?

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

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

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

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