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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. Man annihilates more ________ than any other living thing, according to the book and according to recent findings.

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

3. Leisure is not the same thing as _________, according to the book, and it needs to be approached in a different way.

4. The _______, who is in touch with life, can recognize its riches as well as its tragedies, according to the book.

5. The power of the _______ is unlimited and is the tool that changes culture, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John Locke say that parents should not do with their children?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What should education teach children, according to the ideas in the book?

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

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

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 3

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?

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