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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 ________ that is bought, according to Seneca, is respectable, according to this section of the book.
(a) Position.
(b) Work.
(c) Education.
(d) Item.

2. Socrates overheard someone else talking about how expensive ________ was at the time, according to the book.
(a) Athens.
(b) Paris.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Rome.

3. __________, according to the book, says that man is at war with nature, which is causing many problems.
(a) Williams.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Whitman.

4. _________ cautions against spoiling one's child by teaching him to expect more and more out of his life.
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) John Milton.
(c) John Locke.
(d) Robert Graves.

5. Nature's gifts can not be _________, according to the book, even though man is attempting to do so now.
(a) Depleted.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Enjoyed.
(d) Bought.

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. Man struggles with how to live his life and with what __________ will be most satisfying, according to the book.

3. ________ cautions against building one's house beyond reasonable expense and splendor, according to the book.

4. Saint Bernard is criticized for riding a ________ while making his rounds to the poor, according to the book.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Ford Foundation report have to say about the idea of overpopulation?

5. What are the three elements that Robert Henri says the most beautiful life contains?

6. What does Robert Graves point out about the ideas of money and poverty and poetry?

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

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

9. What does Regamey say the destitute in a society is a sign for?

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

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