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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Maori word "whenua" mean?
(a) Planet.
(b) Ownership.
(c) Earth.
(d) Soil.

2. What did Jensen do on the Sabbath?
(a) Communed with nature.
(b) Communed with God.
(c) Watched the clock.
(d) Read the Bible.

3. What type of pet did Jensen have as a child?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A goldfish.
(d) A turtle.

4. What animal cares for the Sand Creek massacre survivors?
(a) Cat.
(b) Bear.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Buffalo.

5. What does Jensen think about when he flies?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Death.
(c) Birds.
(d) Life.

6. What does the book Demonic Males say about rape?
(a) It is natural.
(b) It is immoral but not a crime.
(c) It is not natural.
(d) It is both immoral and a crime.

7. What does Jensen do for a living?
(a) Paints.
(b) Teaches.
(c) Travels.
(d) Writes.

8. What two things does Jensen indicate are often associated in modern culture?
(a) Sex and life.
(b) Life and violence.
(c) Sex and death.
(d) Violence and sex.

9. What is there room for in the world of economics?
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Joy.

10. What does Jensen ultimately believe will happen to the world because of the way humans treat it?
(a) It will explode.
(b) It will be saved.
(c) It will implode.
(d) It will be destroyed.

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

12. Where do the Maori people live?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Australia.
(c) Austria.
(d) England.

13. How many people speak out against violence in disciplining children on the radio talk show that Jensen listens to?
(a) All the callers.
(b) Two
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

14. What is the main lesson Jensen says he learns in graduate school?
(a) The primacy of process.
(b) The goal of economics.
(c) His love of jumping.
(d) Nothing.

15. What does Jensen say is the best thing that happened to him at the School of Mines?
(a) He met his wife.
(b) He got an education.
(c) He got away from his father.
(d) He began to fall apart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characterizes the Semai people?

2. In what sport does Jensen participate?

3. At what university did Jensen teach a creative writing class?

4. What does Jensen indicate is the key to interspecies communication?

5. How did Jensen teach his creative writing class?

(see the answer keys)

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