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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. Gandhi has experienced both ________ and poverty, but chooses poverty as this seems to help his work.

2. The method of transportation for Saint _________ is simply a means to visit the poor and to minister to them.

3. __________ can become a hindrance to the journey while also being a disturbance on the way to victory, according to the book.

4. Saint Bernard says that he does not notice the _________ of his method of getting around, according to the book.

5. The United States would be the leader of a _______ world if it were to give excess possessions to those in the world who are in need.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Gandhi discover as he has experienced both wealth and poverty?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Barton says that it is the 'love' of money that is the root of all evil.

Part 1: Do you think money is evil?

Part 2: How do you think money can be used for good?

Part 3: Why do you think some people believe that money is the root of all evil?

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