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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. __________ can become a hindrance to the journey while also being a disturbance on the way to victory, according to the book.
(a) Dishonesty.
(b) Weight.
(c) Baggage.
(d) Pain.

2. _________, says Robert Henri, is a privilege that one is willing to pay for, which is why it is so special, according to the book.
(a) Artistic poverty.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Art life.

3. The need to develop __________ is essential in providing energy for the world's population, according to the book.
(a) New settlements.
(b) Peace plans.
(c) Peace treaties.
(d) Alternative energies.

4. Gandhi has experienced both ________ and poverty, but chooses poverty as this seems to help his work.
(a) Sainthood.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Destitution.

5. Children should be taught that ________ is for warmth, for modesty, and for protection, according to the book.
(a) Money.
(b) Home.
(c) Wood.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artists and the creative community are said to be the only ones who enjoy an existence that is truly ________, according to the book.

2. Living the ______ life, free of the burdens of wealth and of possessions is considered to be ideal, according to the book.

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

4. Emerson points out that children often miss out on the real __________ of the sun and the moon and the water, according to the book.

5. ________ speaks to the reader of the inherent fear of worry of losing the riches one has, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

1. Though life is a struggle, what is the advice that Burroughs gives to the reader in this section?

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

3. What should education teach children, according to the ideas in the book?

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

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

6. What does John Locke say that parents should not do with their children?

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

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

9. What is the one gift that is provided by a transition to Voluntary Poverty, according to VandenBroeck?

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

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