Always Wanting More

According to the author, what is the one reason why Simon Patten's ideas about consumption  make people "uneasy"?

• They promote waste and misuse of resources.
• They were revolutionary for their time.
• They are obstacles to progress.
• They are too abstract for most people to understand.

What does the author mean by "buyosphere"?

• The group of people who want a simpler lifestyle.
• The media that persuade people to buy things.
• The places where inexpensive goods are manufactured.
• All the places where people shop.

Why does the author say, "we yawn at a super store"?

• Super stores have become outdated.
• We have gotten used to the abundance they offer.
• Most people prefer to shop online.
• Shopping in such large stores can be exhausting.

According to the author, what is one reason why some people are opposed to consumerism?

• The massive deficit of the United States cannot be sustained.
• The freedom to choose is a threat to tyrants.
• People who are not fulfilled in their work do more shopping.
• Ronald Reagan said that, "Progress is our most important product."

^{According to Hine,}

why do Simon Patten's ideas about a high standard of living

make people uneasy?

• They promote waste and misuse of resources.

• They were revolutionary for their time.

• They are obstacles to progress.

• They are too abstract for most people to understand.

^{According to the author,}

what is one reason why some people are opposed to consumerism?

• There are not have enough resources to sustain this life style for everyone.

• The freedom to choose what to buy at a stuper store is a threat to tyrants.

• People who are not fulfilled in their work do more shopping.

• Ronald Reagan said that, “Progress is our most important product.”

Which two statements best express Thomas Hine's main idea in this essay?

• As people have acquired more possessions, they have become less attached to the objects they own.

• Wanting and owning many objects is considered a high standard of living.

• Thomas Hine feels like a mindless consumer when he shops in superstores.

• Ironically, the more objects people own, the more they are driven to acquire more possessions.

• In the past, people used to own very few possessions and had very little desire to acquire more.

Which statement best expresses Thomas Hine's purpose in writing this essay.

• Thomas Hine wants to entertain us with clever, self-mocking stories about his own experiences shopping.

• Thomas Hine wants to explain how people became consumers so that they will stop consuming so much.

• Thomas Hine wants to show us that super stores cause us to act like zombies.

• Thomas Hine wants to convince us that things were better in the past.

According to the author, what important change occurred around the time of Adam Smith?

• People became more attached to their possessions.
• People began to see buying things as a way of creating wealth.
• People began longing for a simpler lifestyle.
• People began to expect stores to sell a wider variety of goods.

The author claims  we work in order to:

• get money
• help society
• support our families
• buy stuff