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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Life, Chapters Four though Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how was the intake of vegetables broken down?
(a) 1/2 yellow and the rest juicy.
(b) Juicy only.
(c) 1/2 green and the rest juicy.
(d) 1/3 yellow, 1/2 green and leafy, and 1/3 juicy.

2. What kind of schedule did the Nearings keep on Sunday?
(a) They had no schedule.
(b) They attended praise worship and then had amatuer music shows in the evening.
(c) They ate breakfast in silence.
(d) They went to church in the morning and worked in the afternoon.

3. What did the Nearings find that made a perfect base for their house in Vermont?
(a) A rock ledge over a waterfall.
(b) A cliff overlooking the water.
(c) A level meadow.
(d) A 26 foot split boulder.

4. What did the Nearings use to cook in?
(a) Pottery only.
(b) Stainless steel, enamel, pottery, or glass vessels.
(c) Granite pots.
(d) Tin pans.

5. In the breakdown of the Nearing's diet, how much of percentage was their intake of fruit?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 20 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 30 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Nearings like stone buildings?

2. What did the Nearings have to do to pick their sweet peas?

3. What color did the Nearings paint their roof?

4. What did the Nearings grow under a heavy hay mulch that required no hoeing, no bugs, no spraying, and almost no digging?

5. What is the definition of disease, according to the Nearings?

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