A Language Older Than Words Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Derrick Jensen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 110 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Language Older Than Words Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Derrick Jensen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 110 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Insatiability and Violence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the construction going on near Jensen's home make him feel?
(a) Dispossessed.
(b) Pleased.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Anxious.

2. How many times did Jensen's father ask if he could attend Jensen's jump meet?
(a) Once.
(b) He never asked.
(c) Twice.
(d) Three times.

3. What does Jensen believe is the purpose of compulsory education?
(a) To use taxpayers' money.
(b) To waste time.
(c) To break the will of the children.
(d) To teach necessary education.

4. What does Jensen indicate is the key to interspecies communication?
(a) Getting on their level.
(b) Opening one's mind.
(c) Learning the other species' language.
(d) Believing that it is possible.

5. Who was Jensen's hero as a child?
(a) Superman.
(b) Lawrence of Arabia.
(c) The president.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Chipewyan Indian children do with the wolf pups?

2. What question does Jensen want answered while he is in school?

3. Which Maori interrogates Jensen?

4. What does Jensen say is the best thing that happened to him at the School of Mines?

5. What role does Jensen believe that his father played in his activism?

(see the answer key)

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