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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Jensen list as one of the weapons used against the aboriginal people?
(a) The press.
(b) The penis.
(c) Bow and arrow.
(d) Guns.
2. Why does the mother in the social security office berate her daughter?
(a) She stole some money.
(b) She lost her shoes.
(c) She had an accident.
(d) She slapped an infant.
3. In what subject did Jensen major in graduate school?
(a) Literature.
(b) Biology.
(c) Science.
(d) Economics.
4. What do the geese do after the Gaddys' deaths?
(a) Stay at the refuge year round.
(b) Keep watch over the graves.
(c) Stop going to the refuge.
(d) Continue to visit the refuge.
5. By what means does Jensen not get the meat that he eats?
(a) Raising.
(b) Buying.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Hunting.
6. What does Jensen say is the point of life?
(a) To accumulate wealth.
(b) To seek happiness.
(c) To gain control over the world.
(d) To honor life.
7. What did Jensen's father say after he had beat someone?
(a) "I'm sorry."
(b) "I hate you."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "You deserved it."
8. What device does Jensen say determines our view of surrounding circumstances?
(a) Cultural binoculars.
(b) Cultural eyeglasses.
(c) Cultural press.
(d) Cultural blinders.
9. What happens after the mice in the barn are killed?
(a) Jensen finds mice droppings on his porch.
(b) Jensen finds bees in his house.
(c) Jensen finds mice in his house.
(d) Jensen finds mice droppings in his bathroom.
10. What does Jensen argue manifests the desires of our culture?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Money.
(c) Life.
(d) Human beings.
11. According to Jensen, what was the reason for him and his classmates to endure their time in school?
(a) Promise of good grades.
(b) Intellectual superiority.
(c) Promise of money.
(d) Freedom from jobs.
12. What does Jensen think about when he flies?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Birds.
(c) Life.
(d) Death.
13. In what does Jensen say his economic books should be written?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Blue ink.
(c) Red ink.
(d) Blood.
14. What is there room for in the world of economics?
(a) Joy.
(b) Love.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Money.
15. Who was Jensen's hero as a child?
(a) Lawrence of Arabia.
(b) Superman.
(c) The president.
(d) His father.
Short Answer Questions
1. What two things does Jensen indicate are often associated in modern culture?
2. What is thought without experience?
3. What is the original meaning of the word economics?
4. What does the Maori word "whenua" mean?
5. What is it that Jensen believes shows the coyotes gratitude for the duck carcass?
This section contains 407 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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