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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 _________ issues a report in 1974 that suggests a zero population growth in the world.

2. ________ says that the carrying of baggage is what will disturb the victory of those who want to travel the world.

3. _________ writes that in quiet times, man is able to do whatever he loves to do and to do it solely for its own sake, according to the book.

4. _________ allows one quiet time and time in which he can learn about himself, according to the book.

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 does Saint Bernard have to say about the idea of having many possessions?

3. What should happen once wealth and possessions have been renounced, according to this section?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of poverty is one that can scare people as well as make them curious to find out more.

Part 1: How do you define what is poverty and what is not poverty?

Part 2: What do you think happens in order to make a person a part of the poorer society?

Part 3: Why do you think poverty is often looked at as a negative thing?

Essay Topic 2

Tolstoy says that poverty can be a source of happiness when a person chooses it.

Part 1: Do you think that inflicted poverty brings happiness?

Part 2: How do you think a person could be happy when they don't have any money?

Part 3: Do you think you could be happy without any money or material things?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of the family subsisting on the actions and the resources of each other is also addressed in this book.

Part 1: Do you think your family is able to subsist on its own?

Part 2: Is it possibly too rigid to say that families should support only themselves? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think society might be impacted if families just watch out for themselves and not others?

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