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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) Grace.
(b) Peace.
(c) Justice.
(d) Spirit.

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

3. In the book of Timothy, the Bible says that the love of ____ is the root of all evil, according to the book.
(a) Truth.
(b) Pain.
(c) Power.
(d) Money.

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

5. What is the name of the book that Michael Harrington contributed to? "The Other _________."
(a) Class.
(b) Possibility.
(c) War.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most people of today do not understand the ________ that awaits them if they choose not to be rich in their lives, according to the book.

2. The goal of the frugal __________ is the goal of the man who needs some, but doesn't want to be weighed down by possessions.

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

4. __________ asserts that the praises of poverty need once more be boldly sung, according to the book.

5. It is the ______ man who often bungles his chance to choose his own experience within the confines of wealth.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Gandhi say is the only true way for mankind to have equality in the world?

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

8. What does the invention of free time, as given by mass production, cause a man to do?

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

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

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