A Language Older Than Words Test | Final Test - Easy

Derrick Jensen
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A Language Older Than Words Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jensen tell his father he would do if his father attended his jump meet?
(a) Ask him to leave.
(b) Leave.
(c) Have him thrown out.
(d) Nothing.

2. How does Jensen describe Crohn's disease?
(a) As a tempter.
(b) As an abuser.
(c) As a teacher.
(d) As a will-breaker.

3. How much of Jensen's colon did surgeons remove?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-third.

4. When did Jensen begin to teach?
(a) In 1980.
(b) In 1978.
(c) In 1989.
(d) In 1995.

5. What is the name of the observatory built on Mount Graham?
(a) Observation Graham.
(b) Mount Graham Observatory.
(c) Columbus Project.
(d) Apache Project.

6. When did Jensen's bees first die?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1980.

7. How long was Briar Rose to sleep?
(a) Ten years.
(b) One hundred years.
(c) Forever.
(d) One year.

8. What has Jensen begun doing with his bee equipment?
(a) Burning it.
(b) Selling it.
(c) Giving it away.
(d) Putting it in the trash.

9. What does Jensen say is the link between hot showers and the showers of Treblinka?
(a) No link.
(b) Familial.
(c) Causal.
(d) Many links.

10. What does the word "kairos" mean?
(a) The time of destiny.
(b) The time of wakening.
(c) A time of change.
(d) A kiss.

11. Jensen is trying to rekindle his love for what sport?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Basketball.
(d) High jumping.

12. To what phrase has Erich Fromm changed Descartes' famous saying "I think, therefore I am?"
(a) I work, therefore I am.
(b) I am coerced, therefore I am.
(c) I affect, therefore I am.
(d) I earn money, therefore I am.

13. What percentage of those polled thought it was acceptable for police to use pepper spray on nonviolent, non-resisting protestors?
(a) 86 percent.
(b) 98 percent.
(c) 14 percent.
(d) 25 percent.

14. How does Jensen describe his beginnings in the bee business?
(a) Draining.
(b) Dreamlike.
(c) Dishonest.
(d) Quick.

15. Which fairy tale does psychologist Rollo May use allegorically?
(a) Briar Rose.
(b) Rapunzel.
(c) Snow White.
(d) Sleeping Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the parable of the box, who does the man on the box represent?

2. With what disease did the doctors in the hospital misdiagnose Jensen?

3. Why does Jensen believe his father continued to call him?

4. What is not one of the things that Jensen did to help the bees accept him?

5. How does Jensen describe his work as a bee keeper?

(see the answer keys)

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