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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. The prayer in Mannes' piece of writing gives thanks to the god of plenty, the god of profit, and the goddess of __________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Convenience.
(c) Understandng.
(d) Fashion.

2. It is not a good idea to put too much emphasis on one's __________ at the detriment of leisure, according to the book.
(a) Books.
(b) Bank account.
(c) Occupation.
(d) Family.

3. _______ comments that artists regard their work as play and their play as work, as stated in the book.
(a) Plutarch.
(b) David Riesman.
(c) Joseph Campbell.
(d) Walt Whitman.

4. Within the country of America, according to the book, the idea of leisure is seen as an interruption of ___________.
(a) Movement.
(b) Purpose.
(c) Work.
(d) Promise.

5. Saint _______ notes that ignoring one's wealth is much like removing it from one's life entirely, according to the book.
(a) Assisi.
(b) Roman.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Bernard.

Short Answer Questions

1. The power of the _______ is unlimited and is the tool that changes culture, according to the book.

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

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

4. Marcus Aurelius speaks of a ______ life so busy that it has no leisure, according to the book, which is not pleasant to him.

5. _______ proclaims that living the life of a philosopher is more than just loving wisdom and starting a school.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Whitman describe the ideal life, according to his section of the book?

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

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

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

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