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

2. Voluntary Poverty is a cure for out-sized _____ and mankind's suffering, according to the ending of the book.

3. Being a _________ means that one makes the decision to live a simple life that is devoid of distractions, according to the book.

4. _________ says that poverty, that confirms with the laws of nature, is great wealth, according to the book.

5. To Honore de Balzac, the artist is the one who has always kept the true _______ between riches and poverty, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does this section define the idea of the simple life, according to the book?

4. What does Regamey say the destitute in a society is a sign for?

5. How do the bees build their own homes, which is clearly different from the way that humans build their homes?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the same time, there is a message that the rich are also slaves to their own wealth.

Part 1: How can a rich person be a slave to their own wealth?

Part 2: Do you think it's a bad thing to be a slave to one's own wealth and prosperity?

Part 3: Why do you think the rich might suffer in their lives, even though they might not want for anything?

Essay Topic 2

Some people believe that while man has the ability to reach divine forms, man also has the ability to degenerate into lower forms.

Part 1: Do you think that mankind will ever reach a divine form?

Part 2: How do you think man tends to degenerate himself into lower form?

Part 3: Why do you think that man hasn't decided to reach for higher forms?

Essay Topic 3

Gandhi believed that in order to best serve mankind, he needed to get rid of all of his possessions.

Part 1: Why do you think getting rid of one's possessions can help one serve mankind?

Part 2: Do you think you could be more helpful to mankind without possessions?

Part 3: How do you think a person could serve mankind and still have possessions?

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