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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. At what university did Jensen teach a creative writing class?
2. Jensen wanted his dogs to stop _____________.
3. Nollman says that his ___________ seem to become listless when he goes away.
4. What is the main lesson Jensen says he learns in graduate school?
5. Under what religious beliefs was Jensen raised?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jensen's father rationalize the fact that he beats the members of his family?
2. What happens when Jensen tries to wall off the pain from his foot while jumping?
3. What does Jensen write that current culture presupposes?
4. What does Jensen's nine-year-old friend tell him about the bushes in his yard?
5. What does one of Jensen's scientific friends tell Jensen that would have to happen for her to believe that communication between species actually took place?
6. Why does Jensen want to blow up a dam?
7. Why does Jensen believe that Jesus was a feminist of sorts?
8. Why did the newspaper journalists believe that the Yanomame Indians were stupid?
9. What does Jensen list as some of the things that human being need?
10. What role do the stars play in Jensen's life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
If, as Jensen suggests that it might, human civilization finally causes the destruction of the world, what do you think the outcome will be? Do you agree with either of Jensen's conclusions as suggested in the final chapter of the novel or do you believe there is another option available?
Essay Topic 2
Consider the idea of the connectivity between progress (i.e. hot showers, automobiles, computers) and the destruction of the world. What do you believe it would take for us to stop harming the world by the way we are living? Is there any way for us to become at one with nature again? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
In his research with plants, Cleve Backster discovers that plants are affected by certain stimuli. What, in your opinion, does the outcome of this research mean? Why is it significant? Why was it so important to Jensen that he be able to witness a response from a plant instead of just taking Backster's word that it had happened?
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