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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Schumacher defines __________ as knowing when enough is enough in life and in all of life's activities, according to the book.
(a) Movement.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Moderation.
(d) Temperantia.

2. Man must get rid of all he owns in order to tap into the ________ which lie within him, according to the book.
(a) Powers.
(b) Possibilities.
(c) Truth.
(d) Treasures.

3. 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) Poor.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Confused.
(d) Godless.

4. The rich man has no patience with the concept of personal __________ or a society in which man can be free, according to the book.
(a) Truth.
(b) Witnessing.
(c) Achievement.
(d) Power.

5. The ________ can subsist within itself, providing enough food and clothing for the members within, according to the book.
(a) School.
(b) Community.
(c) City.
(d) Family.

6. Gandhi calls the process of getting rid of what he owned a removal of a _________ from his shoulders, according to the book.
(a) Burden.
(b) Bag.
(c) Rope.
(d) Monkey.

7. St. Teresa of Avila speaks of the _______ of the vow of poverty, the foundation of the Order which she established.
(a) Worry.
(b) Holiness.
(c) Truth.
(d) Power.

8. Solutions to the health problems of wealth can be found in the restoration of ________, according to the book.
(a) Values.
(b) Balance.
(c) Stability.
(d) The middle class.

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

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

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

12. The poor man is made ________ by the rich man's gift, though the rich man is ashamed of the thing that he has given.
(a) Honorable.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Beautiful.

13. True strength lies in the personal indifference and __________ found in untethered property, according to the book.
(a) Stability.
(b) Value.
(c) Constraint.
(d) Independence.

14. ________, to the rich, is as much an affliction as poverty may be to the poor, according to the book.
(a) Luxury.
(b) Denial.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Peace.

15. The rich are actually _________ to their own wealth, having to do much in order to keep it around.
(a) Slaves.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Purveyors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most people of today do not understand the ________ that awaits them if they choose not to be rich in their lives, according to the book.

2. _________ is something that lies within each man, and in the traditional wisdom of mankind, according to the book.

3. Gandhi feels pulled into the ________, so he gives up what he has so as to not be influenced by outside sources.

4. The desire to gain ________ and the fear of its loss creates ideal conditions for corruption and for cowardice.

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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