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. For what reason were the Arawaks exterminated?
(a) They were kind.
(b) They were sick.
(c) They were unwilling to reproduce.
(d) They were cruel.

2. What does Jensen say when he is passed the talking stick?
(a) He says if he had a chance to live his life again he would have killed his father.
(b) He tells the group members they are misusing the stick.
(c) He refuses to talk with the stick.
(d) He tells the group he is a cannibal.

3. According to Jensen, what was the reason for him and his classmates to endure their time in school?
(a) Promise of money.
(b) Freedom from jobs.
(c) Promise of good grades.
(d) Intellectual superiority.

4. In what does Jensen say his economic books should be written?
(a) Blue ink.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Red ink.
(d) Blood.

5. What happens after the mice in the barn are killed?
(a) Jensen finds mice in his house.
(b) Jensen finds mice droppings on his porch.
(c) Jensen finds bees in his house.
(d) Jensen finds mice droppings in his bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jensen wish about his childhood?

2. What does Bruce Stewart suggest as the way for the world to get better?

3. What does Jensen begin doing when he doesn't jump well?

4. Who was Jensen's hero as a child?

5. What device does Jensen say determines our view of surrounding circumstances?

(see the answer key)

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