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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The desire to gain ________ and the fear of its loss creates ideal conditions for corruption and for cowardice.

2. Michael Harrington points out that there is virtue in choosing _________ over the desolation of empty abundance.

3. Schumacher defines __________ as knowing when enough is enough in life and in all of life's activities, according to the book.

4. Ivan Illich believes that the world is divided into _______ camps of thought about money and about materialism.

5. Much has been given to those from whom much will be required, thus men are neither equally gifted or __________, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does mass production do to the family, according to the section by Jean Rousseau?

2. What does Dorothy Day explain the difference between when she contributes to the book?

3. What does Gandhi say is the only true way for mankind to have equality in the world?

4. What does Mildred Binns Young's thesis state about the rich in this section of the book?

5. What is the question that arises from the story of the man on the boat, according to Ruskin?

6. What happens to Plutarch, but it allows him to live a life of a philosopher?

7. How does Schumacher define the idea of temperantia within this section of the book?

8. What does the invention of free time, as given by mass production, cause a man to do?

9. What does the first section have to say about man and what his obligation is in life?

10. What is the power that is said to be intrinsic in the world able to do within society?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book points out that man is neither good nor evil, but may be a bit of both.

Part 1: Why do you think that man is not necessarily good?

Part 2: How do you think a person can be neither good nor evil?

Part 3: Do you think man needs to be good or evil? Or can he/she be a bit of both? Is this possible?

Essay Topic 2

Much about the rich is liked to be pageantry and stage settings, rather than a life of value.

Part 1: How do you think possessions are like props in one's life?

Part 2: Why do you think the rich sometimes buy things they don't need?

Part 3: Do you think you own a lot of things that you don't need? Why do you have them?

Essay Topic 3

Man is destroying himself when he focuses all of his attention on money, according to the book.

Part 1: In what ways does man suffer when he is focused completely on money?

Part 2: Do you think that man needs to destroy himself when he has money?

Part 3: How do you think money can be used to create instead of to destroy?

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