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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. People should spend only until they are fulfilled, just as they should do what?
2. What might cause readers to feel guilty, after completing Step 1?
3. What attitude do the authors want readers to carry?
4. Each person has only a limited amount of what?
5. What will eventually run out?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare a person's typical response to a long-term threat with the typical response to an immediate threat.
2. Why do many people give up on their dreams early in life?
3. 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?
4. What is the second half of Step 2? What are the most important aspects of this exercise?
5. How does our consumption hurt the environment?
6. What do the two parts of Step 2 allow program participants to track?
7. Why does the result from the first part of Step 2 sometimes prompt participants to seek a lower-paying job?
8. What are some examples of recreational expense categories?
9. What are people's dreams good clues to?
10. Whenever people spend money, what more valuable commodity are they also spending?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to the authors, why does money have no intrinsic value? What are the four perspectives of money? Which perspectives do the authors reject? Why? Which perspective do the authors advocate? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Why should people pursue their passion away from work, as a volunteer, hobbyist, or advocate? What pitfalls exist for people who earn a living from what they are passionate about?
Essay Topic 3
What is inflation? Why are retired people largely inflation-proof, according to the authors? What strategies can anyone use, whether retired or not, to avoid the effects of inflation?
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