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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ asserts that the praises of poverty need once more be boldly sung, according to the book.
(a) John Milton.
(b) Joseph Campbell.
(c) William James.
(d) William Shakespeare.

2. The book notes that we have forgotten that the ________ of poverty allows for the soul to be free from constraints.
(a) Experience.
(b) Truth.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Weight.

3. Man seems to be inefficient in _________ himself, according to the books' contents, and according to the wise writers.
(a) Proving.
(b) Enjoying.
(c) Believing.
(d) Limiting.

4. Starting off this section is the poem "Lady ________" which talks more about the life of simplicity and what it has to offer."
(a) Truth.
(b) Power.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Pecunia.

5. Plutarch is happy that his only ________ is lost at sea because he will be able to live the life of a philosopher.
(a) Son.
(b) Book.
(c) Ship.
(d) Money pouch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nature's gifts can not be _________, according to the book, even though man is attempting to do so now.

2. The rich man has no patience with the concept of personal __________ or a society in which man can be free, according to the book.

3. Man annihilates more ________ than any other living thing, according to the book and according to recent findings.

4. __________, according to the book, says that man is at war with nature, which is causing many problems.

5. What is in the belt of the man who refuses to take the belt off, though it might cause him to drown?

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