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

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

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

4. A child just has to _______ in order to get what he wants, according to the way that we raise children.

5. ________ writes that it can take a man a lifetime to learn how to live, according to the writing in this section.

Short Essay Questions

1. What should education teach children, according to the ideas in the book?

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

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

4. What does Gandhi discover as he has experienced both wealth and poverty?

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

6. What should happen once wealth and possessions have been renounced, according to this section?

7. What does Young say would happen if America gave away possessions they did not need to the rest of the world?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Whitman points out that animals are not demented with the mania of owning things, saying that man should live unrestricted.

Part 1: Why do you think owning things can cause a person to be demented?

Part 2: How do you feel when you own more things versus fewer things?

Part 3: Do you think that owning fewer things would make people nicer in the world?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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