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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Walt Whitman, a _________, believes that living with the animals is the ideal way to spend one's life, according to the book.
(a) Poet.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Priest.
(d) Novelist.

2. George _______ writes that when man has what he wants, he is rich, but when he is able to do without what he wants, he is powerful.
(a) McDonald.
(b) Masters.
(c) James.
(d) Thoreau.

3. _________ finds that he is rich enough as long as he is able to leave things untouched, according to the book.
(a) Campbell.
(b) St. Francis.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Thoreau.

4. What is in the belt of the man who refuses to take the belt off, though it might cause him to drown?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Silver.
(c) Platinum.
(d) Gold.

5. The three elements that Robert speaks of in his section can only be obtained through the ________ of unnecessary things, according to the book.
(a) Burning.
(b) Purchasing.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. A ________ proverb points out that the gods only laugh at man when men pray to them for wealth, according to the book.

2. Robert Henri says that people are overlaid with ________ in their minds and in their souls, according to the book.

3. When a man is able to discard __________, according to the book, he will be able to discover his own sense of contentment.

4. Bruce Barton points out that it is the ________ of money that is the root of all evil, which makes sense in the book.

5. Seneca dismayed that ______ was too easy to remove from the Earth as this might have been the beginning of the downfall of man.

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