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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 do younger bees in a hive do?

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

3. Why do bears attack bee colonies?

4. What is the third category of people that Fromm identifies?

5. Which fairy tale does psychologist Rollo May use allegorically?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Jensen's friend Dave think about his life?

5. What does Jensen say about intimacy?

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

7. Briefly describe the parable of the box.

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

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

10. How did Jensen learn not to place his beehives in an aesthetic manner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jensen refers in his chapter "Seeking a Third Way" to an incident when he spoke out against a woman who disciplined her child. Do you think that Jensen acted correctly? Should others do the same? Was the mother wrong? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In his research with plants, Cleve Backster discovers that plants are affected by certain stimuli. What, in your opinion, does the outcome of this research mean? Why is it significant? Why was it so important to Jensen that he be able to witness a response from a plant instead of just taking Backster's word that it had happened?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the idea that there is no quick answer to the problems that affect the world. What is your opinion of Jensen's three reasons that he cannot suggest a quick fix to heal the world? Do you agree with his assessments? Why or why not?

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