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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must there be a surplus of for Capitalism to succeed?
(a) Leaders.
(b) Goods.
(c) Land.
(d) Labor.

2. Why were possessions a burden to Puritans?
(a) They had responsibility for their possessions.
(b) They could not take their posssessions to the next life.
(c) They owed tithes on their possessions.
(d) They had to validate the need for their possessions.

3. What did some Calvinists refuse to do for their dead?
(a) Have a burial ceremony.
(b) Bless the departed bodies.
(c) Pray for their souls.
(d) Bury them.

4. Why does the author choose to define the spirit of capitalism?
(a) For the sake of illustration.
(b) For the sake of discussion.
(c) For the thinning out of information.
(d) For the ease of writing.

5. What does the author say all money lenders will consider?
(a) Time.
(b) Reputation.
(c) Personal wealth.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes laborers work harder?

2. How is the percentage of Catholic graduates in Bavaria in relation to Protestants?

3. What is unique about most skilled laborers?

4. Why does the author choose the definition of the spirit of capitalism used in this book?

5. What religion are most business leaders in America?

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