The Gospel Of Wealth

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following literary terms is used in the title of Carnegie’s essay?

A) Allegory

B) Alliteration

C) Allusion

D) Anaphora

2. Based upon the text, which of the following assertions would Carnegie agree with?

A) That it is possible to have a completely egalitarian society

B) That an irregular hierarchy among classes is not beneficial

C) That it is natural for economic systems to produce inequalities among classes

D) That all wealth must be completely redistributed in order to maintain order

3. Carnegie references the change in production time and quality in manufacturing processes historically. Which of the following eras was initially responsible for introducing faster production means?

A) Gilded Age

B) Industrial Era

C) Progressive Era

D) Antebellum Era

4. Based on the assertions throughout the text, which of the following systems would Carnegie disagree with the most?

A) Commercialism

B) Materialism

C) Consumerism

D) Socialism

5. Carnegie refers to the idea that competition is important for the “survival of the fittest.” Which of the following theories from the late 19th century most likely influenced his way of thinking?

A) Marxism

B) Social Darwinism

C) Creationism

D) Nationalism

6. Which of the following phrases best summarizes the beginning of Carnegie’s essay?

A) An explanation of the woes of capitalism