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

2. Why does Jensen believe his father continued to call him?

3. To what does Cleve Backster give polygraph tests?

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

5. What does Jensen say that we create?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does food exemplify the difficulty of withdrawing oneself from the current economy?

4. Under what circumstances did the plants become attuned to the brine shrimp?

5. How does Dr. Judith Herman describe atrocities?

6. What does Jensen say about intimacy?

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

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

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

10. Why did Jensen's bees die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you agree with Jensen that money and the pursuit of money is the root of the problems with current society?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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