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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What type of tree did the aphids attack?
(a) A mimosa.
(b) A maple.
(c) An oak.
(d) A fir.

5. What did the Chipewyan Indian children do with the wolf pups?
(a) Played with them.
(b) Fought with them.
(c) Ran from them.
(d) Killed them.

6. What is thought without experience?
(a) Nonsense.
(b) Religion.
(c) Scientific reasoning.
(d) Philosophy.

7. How did Jensen teach his creative writing class?
(a) In a linear fashion.
(b) Through lectures only.
(c) Through the internet.
(d) In a nonlinear fashion.

8. What does Jensen say is the point of life?
(a) To gain control over the world.
(b) To accumulate wealth.
(c) To seek happiness.
(d) To honor life.

9. According to Jensen, what do humans do when they fear their needs won't be met?
(a) Make demands.
(b) Become more determined.
(c) Get angry.
(d) Become silent.

10. Who teaches Jensen's handball class?
(a) His father.
(b) His principal.
(c) Philosophy teacher.
(d) Track coach.

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

12. What does the homeless man who sees Jensen digging in the trash offer him?
(a) The address to a shelter.
(b) Money for food.
(c) Part of his dinner.
(d) A place to stay.

13. What does Jensen wish about his childhood?
(a) He could forget it.
(b) It was different.
(c) It never happened.
(d) It was worse.

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

15. What does Jensen argue manifests the desires of our culture?
(a) Human beings.
(b) Money.
(c) Life.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does Jensen indicate are often associated in modern culture?

2. When does Jensen say that his conversation with the coyotes began?

3. Why does Jensen not blow up the dams?

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

5. Which Maori interrogates Jensen?

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