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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________ is seen as a non-productive luxury that stands in the way of one's true worth in the world, according to the book.
(a) Honor.
(b) Ego.
(c) Value.
(d) Peace.

2. ________ writes that the West is over-consuming the resources of the world and sinking itself into disaster, according to the book.
(a) Whitman.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Huxley.
(d) Washington.

3. No man is without _______, whether he is gainfully employed or not, according to the book.
(a) Love.
(b) Work.
(c) Money.
(d) Patience.

4. Leisure is not the same thing as _________, according to the book, and it needs to be approached in a different way.
(a) Idleness.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Truth.

5. ___________ writes in the second century BC that supreme happiness comes from contentment, according to the book.
(a) Confucius.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Patanjali.
(d) Plutarch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Francis learns the ballads of ________ from his mother who hails from that area, which has seen the birth of poverty.

2. ________ speaks to the reader of the inherent fear of worry of losing the riches one has, according to the book.

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

4. A life that is dedicated to ________ and does not take part in leisure is a joyless one, according to the book.

5. ________ says that the only purpose of having money is to use it. There can be no other reason, according to the book.

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