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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. Seneca proclaims that the _______ provided by nature is adequately abundant, even though most people do not realize it or recognize it.
(a) Products.
(b) Luxuries.
(c) Enough.
(d) Wealth.

2. Every movement of humanity and _______ is one that leads toward simplicity, according to the book.
(a) Spirit.
(b) Peace.
(c) Grace.
(d) Justice.

3. _________ in one's life is really what makes one rich, according to the book and according to one of the sections.
(a) Money.
(b) Power.
(c) Truth.
(d) Contentment.

4. When we don't hold onto anything, we can _______ without fear of losing our affluence.
(a) Speak our mind.
(b) Run away.
(c) Be scared.
(d) Be powerful.

5. Gandhi feels pulled into the ________, so he gives up what he has so as to not be influenced by outside sources.
(a) Mortal coil.
(b) Soulful life.
(c) Political coil.
(d) Truthful wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Confucious says that the highest good is to hold fast to the ________, meaning one must live a life of moderation and contentment.

2. Louis Mercier speaks of the _________ of the rich, how their furniture can seem like stage pieces, according to the book.

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

4. ________ says that the only purpose of having money is to use it. There can be no other reason, according to the book.

5. 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.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the civilized world lack these days which it did not lack in the past, according to Schumacher?

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

3. How is the poor man separated from the destitute man, according to the book?

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

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

6. What does Clement of Alexandria have to say about a man who is truly rich?

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

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

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

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

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