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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) Work.
(b) Position.
(c) Education.
(d) Item.

2. Man struggles with how to live his life and with what __________ will be most satisfying, according to the book.
(a) Lifestyle.
(b) Family.
(c) Number.
(d) House.

3. Marcus Aurelius writes how __________ is a life-long experience, according to his writing in this section of the book.
(a) Peace.
(b) Simplicity.
(c) Wonder.
(d) Learning.

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

5. What is NOT one of the three main threats to the world, according to the book's discussion in this section?
(a) Over-population.
(b) Militarism.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _______ is always easier when one travels lighter, according to the book in this section, and according to Felix.

2. A life that is dedicated to ________ and does not take part in leisure is a joyless one, according to the book.

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

4. Lewis Mumford says that a person through _______ and rejection can free himself from the powerful, according to the book.

5. Using _______, Marya Mannes writes a piece that addresses the avarice and the dysfunction of America in the book.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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