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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jensen say is the best thing that happened to him at the School of Mines?
2. What does Jensen argue manifests the desires of our culture?
3. In what subject did Jensen major in graduate school?
4. From what Indian tribe is Jeannette Armstrong?
5. What device does Jensen say determines our view of surrounding circumstances?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does one of Jensen's scientific friends tell Jensen that would have to happen for her to believe that communication between species actually took place?
2. How does Jensen's father rationalize the fact that he beats the members of his family?
3. What does Jensen wonder about the ladybug pupae feel?
4. What happens when Jensen tries to wall off the pain from his foot while jumping?
5. Why does Jensen not believe that General Norman Schwarzkopf should be considered a hero?
6. What does Jensen say is one of the problems with our current economic system?
7. Why does Jensen believe that Jesus was a feminist of sorts?
8. According to Jensen, what is the role of heroes?
9. Researchers that experimented with baby monkeys determined who to be the best monsters?
10. Why does Jensen say that he can provide no scientific verification for conversations between humans and nonhumans?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do you believe that a life is made more valuable by truly getting to know oneself? How do you think the world would work if everyone took the road that Jensen did? Are wage workers a necessity of modern society? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
If, as Jensen suggests that it might, human civilization finally causes the destruction of the world, what do you think the outcome will be? Do you agree with either of Jensen's conclusions as suggested in the final chapter of the novel or do you believe there is another option available?
Essay Topic 3
Consider the idea of the connectivity between progress (i.e. hot showers, automobiles, computers) and the destruction of the world. What do you believe it would take for us to stop harming the world by the way we are living? Is there any way for us to become at one with nature again? Why or why not?
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