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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. ________ writes that the West is over-consuming the resources of the world and sinking itself into disaster, according to the book.
(a) Washington.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Huxley.
(d) Whitman.

2. Nature has a major role in what man is given to _______ and to live a happy life, even when he doesn't realize it, according to the book.
(a) Fail.
(b) Enjoy.
(c) Succeed.
(d) Take.

3. A ________ education is one that gives man his freedom, the freedom to think and to create, according to the book.
(a) Art.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Conservative.
(d) History.

4. ________ writes that it can take a man a lifetime to learn how to live, according to the writing in this section.
(a) Smith.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Thoreau.

5. Surya Prem says that when children are little, they should be taught to want __________, according to the book.
(a) Little.
(b) Nothing.
(c) More.
(d) Less.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mankind created a system that is destined to fail since it cannot continue to __________ itself, according to the book.

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

3. The _________ issues a report in 1974 that suggests a zero population growth in the world.

4. When a mother calls her daughter a little __________, she teaches her daughter to begin to admire herself.

5. Children should be taught that ________ is for warmth, for modesty, and for protection, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Huxley have to say about the West and what it is doing to the world as it grows?

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

3. What does this section say is a part of human nature, and Gandhi says one must have faith in the future?

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

5. What does Sir Francis Bacon have to say about the baggage that one carries in their life?

6. What does Seneca point out that man does not limit when it comes to the use of nature?

7. What do artists and the creative community seem to understand that others do not?

8. What does Gandhi discover as he has experienced both wealth and poverty?

9. What does Russell say about the idea of saving for the future?

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

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