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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Today's economic structure is built to support the relatively few but super _________ in society.
(a) Effective.
(b) Rich.
(c) Poor.
(d) Networked.

4. Within the country of America, according to the book, the idea of leisure is seen as an interruption of ___________.
(a) Movement.
(b) Purpose.
(c) Promise.
(d) Work.

5. __________ should be left behind, according to the book, once wealth and possessions have been renounced by a person.
(a) Nothing.
(b) Children.
(c) Everything.
(d) Older people.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ is not the desired goal of the person who wants to be more spiritual or focused, according to the book.

2. Jean _________ speaks of the happiness of the family in his writings, according to the book in the beginning of this section.

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

4. The goal of the frugal __________ is the goal of the man who needs some, but doesn't want to be weighed down by possessions.

5. Plutarch is happy that his only ________ is lost at sea because he will be able to live the life of a philosopher.

(see the answer key)

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