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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. What fruit requires a wasp to pollinate it?
(a) Figs.
(b) Pineapples.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Grapefruit.

2. Why does Jensen write that he cannot offer solutions to the problems that affect the world?
(a) He does offer a solution.
(b) To propose discrete solutions trivializes those that have come before.
(c) The problem is unconsciously but intentionally structured to make solutions impossible.
(d) An attempt to propose a solution presupposes that solutions exist.

3. Why do bears attack bee colonies?
(a) For honey.
(b) For adult bees.
(c) For beeswax.
(d) For baby bees.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are queen bees made?

2. How long do bees live?

3. How long was Briar Rose to sleep?

4. From where does Jensen suggest that his restaurant meal did not come?

5. How does Jensen know it is the coyotes who are eating his offerings of bread?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jensen's experience with Crohn's disease?

2. What does Jensen learn through his dream about the Dreamgiver?

3. As a beekeeper, how did Jensen make money with his bees?

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

5. How do traumatized people act?

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

7. Briefly describe the parable of the box.

8. What does Jensen say is the only honest statement that the editor of a certain paper ever told him?

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

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

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