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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 values that the rich have created have helped to steal the virtuous aspirations of the __________, according to the book.
(a) Culture.
(b) Children.
(c) Schools.
(d) Museums.

2. When the family is __________ in society and not connected to others, then it can be truly happy, according to the book.
(a) Communal.
(b) Enmeshed.
(c) Independent.
(d) Convivial.

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

4. The wise and _______ man has always made it a goal to be unencumbered by things or wealth, according to the book.
(a) Honest.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Rich.
(d) Spiritual.

5. The book points out that it is difficult to leave a life that has comfort in __________ and the easy life.
(a) Money.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Materialism.
(d) Idols.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gandhi feels pulled into the ________, so he gives up what he has so as to not be influenced by outside sources.

2. Only with a limitation of one's possessions can one realize their true _________ in the world, according to the book.

3. The success of the super rich is that they create rules and values that then become the benchmark for living the ____________.

4. What is NOT listed as one of the world's new teachers in relation to materialism, according to the book?

5. When we don't hold onto anything, we can _______ without fear of losing our affluence.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the first section have to say about man and what his obligation is in life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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