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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. How does Jensen know it is the coyotes who are eating his offerings of bread?
(a) There are no more deer left.
(b) He sees the animals.
(c) He sees their prints.
(d) The bring him meat.

2. Why does Jensen move to Spokane?
(a) To study writing.
(b) To live with his father.
(c) To retire.
(d) To get a job.

3. How does Jensen describe his work as a bee keeper?
(a) Fulfilling.
(b) Easy.
(c) Satisfying.
(d) Hard.

4. How often does Jensen have nightmares?
(a) Every night.
(b) Two or three times a week.
(c) Once or twice a month.
(d) Every week.

5. What does Jensen say leads to psychopathy?
(a) Brain injury.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Drug use.
(d) Abuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the oldest bees do?

2. Why do bears attack bee colonies?

3. What does Jensen say that coercion is central to in our culture?

4. What do younger bees in a hive do?

5. What has Jensen been taking to the coyote tree in the chapter "Violence Revisited?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How does food exemplify the difficulty of withdrawing oneself from the current economy?

2. How does Dr. Judith Herman describe atrocities?

3. Why does the Forest Service choose to give heart rot fungus to healthy trees?

4. How does Jensen critique his writing in the chapter "Coercion?"

5. What does Jensen's friend Dave think about his life?

6. What does Jensen say is the real lesson of Jesus?

7. What does Jensen say is the real lesson of Jesus?

8. What are two problems that Jensen identifies with violence?

9. What are two problems that Jensen identifies with violence?

10. What two options does Jensen offer for the time when civilization finally collapses?

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