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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. How many times did Jensen's father ask if he could attend Jensen's jump meet?

2. Who said "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds?"

3. With what items does Backster get the most response from the plants?

4. What helps people who are traumatized move into their lives again?

5. How long was Briar Rose to sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jensen say about intimacy?

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

3. What was Jensen's experience with Crohn's disease?

4. Why did Jensen's bees die?

5. How do traumatized people act?

6. Briefly describe the parable of the box.

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

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

9. In the fairy tale Briar Rose, why does the king leave one of the Wise Women out of his feast?

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

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

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?

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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