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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 kind of seedlings does the narrator describe?

2. According to the narrator, where do most people see silphium?

3. Who bathes in the the pools of the painting?

4. According to the introduction, the first twelve chapters of the book generally are a description of what?

5. What saves the plovers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the flora in the area shrinking?

2. What happens when the narrator cuts down the oak tree?

3. The narrator says that the only thing people hope for with respect to this painting is what?

4. What are red lanterns and what are they used for?

5. What does the narrator believe are the three commandments of the chickadees?

6. What conclusion does the narrator come to with respect to the lone goose?

7. Why does the narrator see his disease plagued woods as a blessing?

8. How much land does the narrator say he owns?

9. Why does the narrator say that most paintings become famous?

10. When hunting partridge with his dog, the narrator stops and listens for what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Leopold's view of conservation. What is his definition? What does he consider the weaknesses of conservation? Strengths? Does economic progress and development balance with conservation? According to Leopold, which is winning? What does Leopold think needs to be done?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the biotic pyramid. What is it? How does it work? How does it relate to the land ethic? How does it relate to the balance of nature view?

Essay Topic 3

Leopold writes that he is the "sole owner of all the acres [he] walks over". Discuss. What does he mean? What is the context within the book? Does he mean this literally? How does this relate to his view of land?

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