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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Being a _________ means that one makes the decision to live a simple life that is devoid of distractions, according to the book.

3. __________ should be left behind, according to the book, once wealth and possessions have been renounced by a person.

4. Saint Bernard is criticized for riding a ________ while making his rounds to the poor, according to the book.

5. _________ says that poverty, that confirms with the laws of nature, is great wealth, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What has the artist always been able to do, according to Honore de Balzac?

5. How does Whitman describe the ideal life, according to his section of the book?

6. What does Regamey say the destitute in a society is a sign for?

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

8. What does Saint Bernard have to say about the idea of having many possessions?

9. What are the three elements that Robert Henri says the most beautiful life contains?

10. What is the mother teaching her daughter when she tells her that she is a little princess?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tolstoy says that poverty can be a source of happiness when a person chooses it.

Part 1: Do you think that inflicted poverty brings happiness?

Part 2: How do you think a person could be happy when they don't have any money?

Part 3: Do you think you could be happy without any money or material things?

Essay Topic 2

William James points out that the praises of poverty need to be sung more loudly than they had been lately.

Part 1: What do you think some of the praises of poverty are?

Part 2: How do you think poverty could be more celebrated in society?

Part 3: Do you agree that people need to learn more about poverty in order to appreciate it?

Essay Topic 3

The book states quite succinctly that no man is without his work, even when he is not gainfully employed.

Part 1: How do you define the idea of work?

Part 2: Why do you think that man is always at work, even when he is not getting paid to do it?

Part 3: Do you believe that you need to get paid for an activity in order for it to be called work?

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