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

2. For what experience does Jensen learn he has been having flashbacks to and not realizing it?
(a) Waterskiing.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Skating.

3. Why does Jensen write that he stopped wearing the traditional bee working safety equipment?
(a) He was stupid.
(b) He hired workers to tend the bees.
(c) He never got stung.
(d) It was hot.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dr. Herman say happens to a person who is traumatized repeatedly?

3. Why is Jensen leery of the talking stick?

4. How often does Jensen have nightmares?

5. What do the oldest bees do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jensen say that it takes in order for one to get to know oneself?

3. What does Jensen mean when he says that he "died" to Crohn's disease?

4. Under what circumstances did the plants become attuned to the brine shrimp?

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

6. To what does Jensen say that an emphasis on production ultimately leads?

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

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

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

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

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