1. With respect to their own material success, someone for whom the SEEKING WEALTH AND POWER theme is a key component of their overall worldview would most likely ____________________________. 

1) see it as evidence of their superiority                             2) be somewhat ashamed of it

3) revel in it and flaunt it                                        4) enjoy engaging in conspicuous consumption

5)  hide it out of concern for "have nots"

2. Select the ordered pair that best completes the following. "In assessing the SEEKING WEALTH AND POWER theme vs. ETHICAL ORIENTATION theme choice, critics might say that each theme description is too extreme--making the contrast  too stark. More simply the choice comes down to choosing between honesty, showing respect for law, ethical standards, and thinking of others before acting, vs. machiavellian scheming in single minded pursuit of wealth and power, skirting if not fully embracing ____________, and unabashedly celebrating greed and _______________. "

1) guilt, plutocracy                           2) guilt, the virtue of selfishness                     3) guilt, egocentrism

4) corruption,  plutocracy               5) corruption, the virtue of selfishness

3. You might expect someone who values the ETHICAL ORIENTATION theme over the SEEKING WEALTH & POWER theme to also value all of the following except which one? 

1)  Fraternal Charity                                      2) Social Darwinism                           3) the Golden Rule 

4)    fair play                            5) egalitarianism 

Response

4.  You might expect someone who values the  SEEKING WEALTH & POWER  theme over the ETHICAL ORIENTATION theme to value all of the following except which one? 

1)  strength                                    2)  capitalism                                 3) deception 

4)   hedonism                                 5)  humility 

5. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "excessive desire for wealth, extreme greed."

1) avarice                                       2)   affluent                              3)  plutocracy 

4)  scrupulous                                      5) utilitarian

6. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "government by or conducted in the interest of the rich."

1)  utilitarian                                      2) affluent                                3)   plutocracy

4)  populism                                       5) none of the above   

7.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "wealthy, possessing abundant riches."

1)   avarice                                     2) scrupulous                                3)  utilitarian, 

4)  plutocrat                                      5) affluent

8. A word with roughly the same meaning as scrupulous is ______________.   

1)  plutocrat                                     2)  nonchalant                                3) derelict  

4)  punctilious                                  5) munificent 

Response   

9.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "excessively strict or narrow in conduct or morality."

1)    affluent                                    2) scrupulous                                 3) utilitarian  

4)    strait-laced                                    5) plutocratic 

10.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "focuses on the use that something has rather than beauty it possesses."

1)  aesthetics                                       2) affluent                                 3)   utilitarian

4)   scrupulous                                     5) none of the above 

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