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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe the photos that represent her past, now that she's moved to Tucson?
(a) Incomplete photos.
(b) Artificial photos.
(c) Doctored photos.
(d) Perfect photos.

2. What kind of poetry does Barbara Kingsolver survival requires?
(a) A poetry of pleasure.
(b) A poetry of desire.
(c) A poetry of endurance.
(d) A poetry of hunger.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say early anthropologists say about hunting?
(a) That it was the basis for all human religions that followed.
(b) That it was the first evidence of social evolution influencing species evolution.
(c) That it was the first thing to distinguish humans from other creatures.
(d) That it was more important than is thought.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was stronger in the place where she lived when Camille was four?
(a) Radicalism.
(b) Tradition.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Community.

5. How would Barbara Kingsolver answer this question?
(a) By changing the topic.
(b) By explaining patiently.
(c) By yelling at the person who asked.
(d) By imagining Tolstoy explaining what "War and Peace" was about.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say the librarian might have seen in her?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the most important part of her experience as a rock star?

3. What were Barbara Kingsolver's feelings about being a 'rock star'?

4. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize Camille's morning routine?

5. What is the purpose of revisionist history, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

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