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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. According to many Americans, what is considered a sin?
2. What are "gazingus pins?"
3. In Question 1, for each expense, participants must ask if they received fulfillment, satisfaction, and value in proportion to what?
4. What are comforts, as defined in Chapter 1?
5. What are bare necessities, as defined in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the first part of Step 3?
2. What is the second part of Step 1? What attitude should participants try to maintain when they see their result?
3. How do the authors compare budgeting with dieting?
4. For Step 4, what is the first question program participants should ask, regarding every expense on their chart? How does the chart answer the question?
5. What perspective of money do the authors endorse? Why?
6. How does the protestant work ethic influence the behavior of many Americans?
7. Why is it beneficial to be specific with categories, rather than more general?
8. Why does the result from the first part of Step 2 sometimes prompt participants to seek a lower-paying job?
9. Why is Step 4 considered the heart of the program?
10. How should program participants use the charts at the end of Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The authors express displeasure with each of the following concepts: business as usual; over-consumption; keeping up with neighbors; the rat race; and clutter. Choose one concept and analyze why the item causes problems for individuals, for society, and for the planet.
Essay Topic 2
Expand upon one of the following items:
- How to divide time between work and play; life energy; fulfillment; or real hours worked.
- How is this item best integrated into people's lives?
- How does management of the item help people to achieve a better life or achieve financial independence?
- How does it relate to the overall message of the book?
Essay Topic 3
After determining how much money they have ever made and after determining net worth, why do some program participants feel guilty? What advice do the authors offer, for overcoming this guilt? List at least three ways in which success in the financial program would offset guilt.
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