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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what means does Jensen not get the meat that he eats?
(a) Raising.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Buying.
(d) Hunting.

2. What device does Jensen say determines our view of surrounding circumstances?
(a) Cultural press.
(b) Cultural eyeglasses.
(c) Cultural binoculars.
(d) Cultural blinders.

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

4. Jensen says there is a language older than _______________.
(a) Words.
(b) Silence.
(c) Lies.
(d) Grenades.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What calls Jensen during the ice storm?

2. For what sports class did Jensen sign up in school?

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

4. Nollman says that his ___________ seem to become listless when he goes away.

5. Which Maori interrogates Jensen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Semai resolve their arguments?

2. What happens when Jensen tries to wall off the pain from his foot while jumping?

3. Why does Jensen not believe that General Norman Schwarzkopf should be considered a hero?

4. Describe a conversation of death.

5. Why does Jensen take the two chicks to the coyote tree?

6. In what ways does Jensen write in the chapter "The Safety of Metaphor" that the salmon and humans are similar?

7. Why does Jensen want to blow up a dam?

8. What does Jensen write that current culture presupposes?

9. Why does Jensen say that he can provide no scientific verification for conversations between humans and nonhumans?

10. According to Jensen, what is the role of heroes?

(see the answer keys)

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