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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jensen conclude that it is the responsibility of members of a community to do?
(a) Feed each other.
(b) Beat each other.
(c) Ignore each other.
(d) Work with each other.

2. With what items does Backster get the most response from the plants?
(a) Matches.
(b) Water.
(c) Scissors.
(d) None.

3. What do the oldest bees do?
(a) Guard the hive.
(b) Tend the young.
(c) Search for new sources of nectar.
(d) Nothing.

4. What system to manage wealth will allow a society to be insecure?
(a) The siphon system.
(b) The open system.
(c) The funnel system.
(d) The closed system.

5. Who said "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds?"
(a) Robert J. Oppenheimer.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Adolf Hitler.

6. How does the construction going on near Jensen's home make him feel?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Dispossessed.
(c) Pleased.
(d) Depressed.

7. How long does it take a person to die of starvation?
(a) Six days.
(b) Six months.
(c) Sixty days.
(d) Six weeks.

8. With what disease was Jensen diagnosed?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Lupus.
(c) Measles.
(d) Crohn's Disease.

9. What do younger bees in a hive do?
(a) Play.
(b) Collect the nectar.
(c) Guard the hive.
(d) Tend the young.

10. What does Dr. Herman say happens to a person who is traumatized repeatedly?
(a) They tear down emotional walls.
(b) They lose their ability to love.
(c) They lose their sense of dependance.
(d) They lose their identity.

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

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

13. Why does Jensen believe his father continued to call him?
(a) He was curious about his son's actions.
(b) He loved him.
(c) He wanted to see him again.
(d) He was still trying to control him.

14. While working with bees, where did Jensen live most of the time?
(a) With his friends.
(b) With his mom.
(c) In his truck.
(d) At his home.

15. To what does Cleve Backster give polygraph tests?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Trees.
(c) Cats.
(d) Plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jensen describe his beginnings in the bee business?

2. What did Jensen tell his father he would do if his father attended his jump meet?

3. What does Jensen say when he is passed the talking stick?

4. What does Jensen say leads to psychopathy?

5. What is the third category of people that Fromm identifies?

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