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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 the Maori word "whenua" mean?

3. In what does Jensen say his economic books should be written?

4. What did Jensen do on the Sabbath?

5. What did Jensen's father say after he had beat someone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What does Jensen wonder about the ladybug pupae feel?

5. According to Jensen, what is the role of heroes?

6. How does Jensen come to be high jumping?

7. How do the Semai resolve their arguments?

8. What is the coyote tree?

9. How does Jensen interpret his dreams of fishing?

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

In his chapter "Claims to Virtue," Jensen mentions that Jesus is a feminist of sorts. Search the Christian Bible for examples of Jesus' actions that may have lead Jensen to this conclusion. Describe what you find and explain if you agree or disagree with Jensen's belief.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How do the cultural eyeglasses determine the way the people perceive the things that happen around them? What makes up or creates these cultural eyeglasses?

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