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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The desire to gain ________ and the fear of its loss creates ideal conditions for corruption and for cowardice.
(a) Power.
(b) Status.
(c) Homes.
(d) Wealth.

2. _______ will need to be learned from real life insurgencies that have taken place within the world, according to the book.
(a) Fear.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Anger.

3. Ivan Illich believes that the world is divided into _______ camps of thought about money and about materialism.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

5. The civilized world lacks philosophers and _______ who can warn against the destructiveness of materialism.
(a) Priests.
(b) Therapists.
(c) Singers.
(d) Teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. St. Teresa of Avila speaks of the _______ of the vow of poverty, the foundation of the Order which she established.

2. The book points out that it is difficult to leave a life that has comfort in __________ and the easy life.

3. It is in the deeper _______ that man must explore in order to find his true worth, according to the book.

4. ________ may step in to define the values of society if man does not try to do this on his own.

5. Today's economic structure is built to support the relatively few but super _________ in society.

(see the answer key)

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