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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 types of animals does Jensen raise?

2. At what university did Jensen teach a creative writing class?

3. What motivates Jensen most in his sport.

4. What robotic varmint did scientists at Tokyo University create?

5. Who was Jensen's hero as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jensen say is one of the problems with our current economic system?

2. How does Jensen come to be high jumping?

3. How do the Semai resolve their arguments?

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

5. What dilemma does Jensen say that students face in school?

6. What is the original meaning of the word "economics?"

7. What is the coyote tree?

8. According to Jensen, what is the purpose of silencing?

9. Researchers that experimented with baby monkeys determined who to be the best monsters?

10. What role do the stars play in Jensen's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What role do Jensen's school years play in his development?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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