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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What attitude do the authors want readers to carry?
(a) No guts, no glory.
(b) No harm, no foul.
(c) No shame, no blame.
(d) No pain, no gain.

2. What are comforts, as defined in Chapter 1?
(a) Pillows and mattresses.
(b) Things people really enjoy.
(c) Employment and financial security.
(d) Emotional support.

3. How should people reduce spending?
(a) By staying home.
(b) By putting money in the bank.
(c) By increasing awareness of how much life energy it takes to pay for each expense.
(d) By taking a lower-paying job.

4. How many perspectives of money are there?
(a) Four.
(b) An infinite number.
(c) Six.
(d) One for each person.

5. What causes people to believe that "growth is good" and "more is better?"
(a) Personal responsibility.
(b) Intrinsic value of money.
(c) Fear of inflation, recession, and depression.
(d) Emotional and psychological perspective of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the amount spent divided by real hourly wage equal?

2. What are "gazingus pins?"

3. What are bare necessities, as defined in Chapter 1?

4. Earning, saving, and spending money are part of which perspective?

5. Why should people ask themselves how they can help others to avoid pain they have experienced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are people's dreams good clues to?

2. What are the three perspectives of money the authors ask program participants to reject? Include brief descriptions.

3. Compare a person's typical response to a long-term threat with the typical response to an immediate threat.

4. What are some examples of recreational expense categories?

5. What perspective of money do the authors endorse? Why?

6. Whenever people spend money, what more valuable commodity are they also spending?

7. How does the protestant work ethic influence the behavior of many Americans?

8. For Step 4, what is the third question program participants should ask, regarding every expense on their chart? What does this question prompt people to do?

9. How do the authors compare budgeting with dieting?

10. How does our consumption hurt the environment?

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