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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is human _________, according to the book, to save for an uncertain future which starts off this section of the book.
(a) Society.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Stupidity.
(d) Nature.

2. __________, according to the book, says that man is at war with nature, which is causing many problems.
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Williams.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Seneca.

3. Nature has a major role in what man is given to _______ and to live a happy life, even when he doesn't realize it, according to the book.
(a) Succeed.
(b) Fail.
(c) Enjoy.
(d) Take.

4. Gandhi writes that a seeker after _________ must put his faith in God that he will have everything he needs when he needs it.
(a) Prominence.
(b) Power.
(c) Truth.
(d) Saints.

5. Emerson points out that children often miss out on the real __________ of the sun and the moon and the water, according to the book.
(a) Treasures.
(b) Truths.
(c) Powers.
(d) Realities.

Short Answer Questions

1. A ________ education is one that gives man his freedom, the freedom to think and to create, according to the book.

2. _________ writes that in quiet times, man is able to do whatever he loves to do and to do it solely for its own sake, according to the book.

3. The _______ is always easier when one travels lighter, according to the book in this section, and according to Felix.

4. Within the country of America, according to the book, the idea of leisure is seen as an interruption of ___________.

5. Using _______, Marya Mannes writes a piece that addresses the avarice and the dysfunction of America in the book.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does this section say that children are taught at a young age, which might explain modern society?

2. What happens when a person chooses not to buy items from those who manufacture them?

3. What do artists and the creative community seem to understand that others do not?

4. What is the one gift that is provided by a transition to Voluntary Poverty, according to VandenBroeck?

5. How do the bees build their own homes, which is clearly different from the way that humans build their homes?

6. What does Sir Francis Bacon have to say about the baggage that one carries in their life?

7. What does this section define the idea of the simple life, according to the book?

8. What does Robert Graves point out about the ideas of money and poverty and poetry?

9. What does Russell say about the idea of saving for the future?

10. What is a time that is found to be boring, unlike the idea of leisure, as described in this section?

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