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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 fruit requires a wasp to pollinate it?

2. Jensen is trying to rekindle his love for what sport?

3. What system to manage wealth will allow a society to be insecure?

4. In order to survive, what must we learn to discern the difference between?

5. Where is it not possible to recover from an atrocity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jensen say about intimacy?

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

3. How does Jensen critique his writing in the chapter "Coercion?"

4. Why did Jensen's bees die?

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

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

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

8. Briefly describe the parable of the box.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the idea that some cultures do not thrive on violence but instead discourage it. Why do these cultures disappear?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the idea that nature wants to "play" with us. Do you think this is possible? Why or why not? Can you describe a circumstance where you believe nature was playing with you?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the idea in the chapter entitled "Violence" that by not killing the goose earlier Jensen caused two deaths. How responsible do you feel that Jensen is for the death of the hen? Is he just as guilty as the goose? How does this idea translate into the idea of criminals set free to kill, rape or steal again? Are those who set him free just as guilty as the criminal?

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