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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 we cannot do with our anger?

2. Why is Jensen leery of the talking stick?

3. How long was Briar Rose to sleep?

4. How does the construction going on near Jensen's home make him feel?

5. What does Jensen say that we create?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jensen say that it takes in order for one to get to know oneself?

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

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

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

5. What does Jensen say about intimacy?

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

7. What two options does Jensen offer for the time when civilization finally collapses?

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

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

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

In the chapter "Insatiability" a Maori asks Jensen about his motivation for working for the indigenous people. What is your opinion of Jensen's motivations? Do you believe they are pure? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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