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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. Why are expensive convenience foods considered to be a work expense?
2. What have many people been told by parents and guidance counselors?
3. What might cause readers to feel guilty, after completing Step 1?
4. What are dreams good clues to?
5. What must people do in order to make Step 3 work?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare a person's typical response to a long-term threat with the typical response to an immediate threat.
2. What is the first part of Step 2? How is this accomplished?
3. How does our consumption hurt the environment?
4. Why is it beneficial to be specific with categories, rather than more general?
5. 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?
6. How do the authors compare budgeting with dieting?
7. What is the second half of Step 2? What are the most important aspects of this exercise?
8. Where does the "rat race" come from?
9. What is the first part of Step 1? What is its purpose?
10. What are the three perspectives of money the authors ask program participants to reject? Include brief descriptions.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why should people try their best to get out of debt, when credit cards are readily available? Why should people save a six-month cushion? What is the real meaning of financial independence?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the psychological impact of the financial wall chart. Consider the implications involved with displaying the chart where all visitors can see it, the burden of tracking every penny earned or spent, the urgency or lack of urgency created by a five- to seven-year time frame, and emotional responses to acknowledging past spending habits.
Essay Topic 3
What is the authors' view of work vs. personal identity? How can subtle shifts in language and attitude change a person's perspective, regarding what constitutes work? Why should security, tradition, enjoyment, duty, prestige, status, power, or social opportunities be sought after away from a person's work environment?
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