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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 three elements that Robert speaks of in his section can only be obtained through the ________ of unnecessary things, according to the book.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Purchasing.
(d) Burning.

2. _______ are taught to want things from a very young age, according to the book's writing in this section.
(a) Women.
(b) Rich.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Children.

3. Gandhi writes that a seeker after _________ must put his faith in God that he will have everything he needs when he needs it.
(a) Power.
(b) Truth.
(c) Saints.
(d) Prominence.

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

5. _________ points out that while there is no money in poetry, there is also no poetry in money, according to the book.
(a) Robert Graves.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Joseph Campbell.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ should be left behind, according to the book, once wealth and possessions have been renounced by a person.

2. Whitman is against living with animals because they are not demented with the _________ of owning things, according to the book.

3. ________ does not limit how much is built on the lands or how many fish are taken from the waters, according to the book.

4. Saint _______ notes that ignoring one's wealth is much like removing it from one's life entirely, according to the book.

5. What is NOT one of the three main threats to the world, according to the book's discussion in this section?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the mother teaching her daughter when she tells her that she is a little princess?

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

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

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

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

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