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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 the word "kairos" mean?

2. What is not a characteristic of a high-rape culture?

3. What do younger bees in a hive do?

4. What tenet of Christianity does Jensen suggest people may wake one day to find is really true?

5. Why does Jensen write that he cannot offer solutions to the problems that affect the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Briefly describe the parable of the box.

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Dr. Judith Herman describe atrocities?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jensen's relationship with his father. How did this relationship impact Jensen's life? How did it change when Jensen became and adult?

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

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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