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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book proposes that the wealthy in the world are the ones who are able to establish the ___________ in the world.
(a) Rules.
(b) Laws.
(c) Classes.
(d) Values.

2. Thoreau says that ________ men are the most destitute because they do not know how to use the resources they have, according to the book.
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Poor.
(c) Godless.
(d) Confused.

3. The goal of the frugal __________ is the goal of the man who needs some, but doesn't want to be weighed down by possessions.
(a) Plenty.
(b) Lifestyle.
(c) Life.
(d) Mindset.

4. __________ tells a story of a passenger on a ship that is going to sink, according to the book.
(a) Barnfield.
(b) Campbell.
(c) Ruskin.
(d) James.

5. What is NOT listed as one of the world's new teachers in relation to materialism, according to the book?
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Genocide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michael Harrington points out that there is virtue in choosing _________ over the desolation of empty abundance.

2. Gandhi calls the process of getting rid of what he owned a removal of a _________ from his shoulders, according to the book.

3. _________ is the writer who describes the difference between inflicted poverty and voluntary poverty.

4. The ________ can subsist within itself, providing enough food and clothing for the members within, according to the book.

5. ________, to the rich, is as much an affliction as poverty may be to the poor, according to the book.

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