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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 did Ruth Benedict identify as a differentiating factor for "bad" cultures?

2. In the parable of the box, who does the man on the box represent?

3. On what has Backster not experimented?

4. What is the name of the observatory built on Mount Graham?

5. What does Jensen say is the link between hot showers and the showers of Treblinka?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "Connection and Cooperation" how did the Indians punish the hunter who violated rules against over kill?

4. How do traumatized people act?

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

6. What does Jensen learn through his dream about the Dreamgiver?

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

8. How does Cleve Backster come to be experimenting on plants?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Jensen's experiences with bee keeping. How did the loss of his bees the first time affect him?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Jensen's journey with Crohn's disease. How does it affect him physically? Emotionally?

Essay Topic 3

In his chapter "Claims to Virtue," Jensen mentions that Jesus is a feminist of sorts. Search the Christian Bible for examples of Jesus' actions that may have lead Jensen to this conclusion. Describe what you find and explain if you agree or disagree with Jensen's belief.

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