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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 ________ can surpass simplicity, according to St. Francois de Sales, according to this section of the book.
(a) Home.
(b) Word.
(c) Artifice.
(d) Stone.

2. Robert ______ writes in 1923 that there are three elements in a beautiful life, according to the book.
(a) Smith.
(b) Henri.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Thoreau.

3. Living the ______ life, free of the burdens of wealth and of possessions is considered to be ideal, according to the book.
(a) Unencumbered.
(b) Simple.
(c) Boyish.
(d) Truthful.

4. Each cell in a _______ is built at an angle which provides the most strength but requires the least amount of materials to hold it up.
(a) Beehive.
(b) Pod.
(c) Leaf.
(d) Home.

5. _________ says that poverty, that confirms with the laws of nature, is great wealth, according to the book.
(a) Seneca.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Epicurus.
(d) Mother Teresa.

Short Answer Questions

1. An _______ is a device that is used to purify things, according to the beginning of this section of the book.

2. _________ cautions against spoiling one's child by teaching him to expect more and more out of his life.

3. The prayer in Mannes' piece of writing gives thanks to the god of plenty, the god of profit, and the goddess of __________.

4. To Honore de Balzac, the artist is the one who has always kept the true _______ between riches and poverty, according to the book.

5. John Burroughs says that he has been too busy enjoying the ______ to seek wealth, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

1. What has the artist always been able to do, according to Honore de Balzac?

2. What is a time that is found to be boring, unlike the idea of leisure, as described in this section?

3. What does Young say would happen if America gave away possessions they did not need to the rest of the world?

4. What happens when a person chooses not to buy items from those who manufacture them?

5. What has been warped by the luxury of the United States as it defines this as being normal?

6. What does this section define the idea of the simple life, according to the book?

7. How do the bees build their own homes, which is clearly different from the way that humans build their homes?

8. What should happen once wealth and possessions have been renounced, according to this section?

9. What does Seneca say it may take a man a lifetime to learn, according to the book?

10. What does this section say that children are taught at a young age, which might explain modern society?

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