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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. _________ cautions against spoiling one's child by teaching him to expect more and more out of his life.

2. Robert Henri says that people are overlaid with ________ in their minds and in their souls, according to the book.

3. ________ advocates a luxury that has nothing to do with money, rather he sees it as food for the soul, according to the book.

4. Within the country of America, according to the book, the idea of leisure is seen as an interruption of ___________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Seneca say it may take a man a lifetime to learn, according to the book?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some people choose to have a smaller salary, saying they are happier even though they are making less money.

Part 1: Do you think that you would be happy with a smaller salary?

Part 2: Why do you think that people are happier when they're not making a lot of money?

Part 3: How do you think that making less money would change your life right now?

Essay Topic 2

When the man with the belt of gold decides that he does not want to remove his belt as the ship is sinking, it makes the reader realize the strangeness of money and greed.

Part 1: Why do you think the man hesitates to take off the belt of gold?

Part 2: What would you do if you were the man with the belt of gold?

Part 3: Is there ever a reason to let money be a priority in one's life?

Essay Topic 3

The key to a satisfying life, according to the book, is to live a life of balance.

Part 1: How might you begin to define the idea of balance?

Part 2: Do you think it's possible to live a life that is completely balanced?

Part 3: Why do you think a balanced life is the best way to live your life? Or do you disagree?

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