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

2. In the November chapter, the narrator's focus is on what?

3. What animal do the cured oak leaves feed?

4. What tree does the narrator have a bias towards?

5. The narrator says that the geese are good at what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the narrator trying to record when he goes out in the morning?

4. What two natural enemies do the plover and man have in common?

5. How does the bur oak survive the prairie fires?

6. The narrator says that the migratory habits of the upland plover proves that nature knows what?

7. Where do tamaracks grow?

8. What is the most basic principle of ecology according to the narrator?

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

10. Who or what is the third enemy of the plover?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of governmental policies and regulations with respect to wildlife and wilderness. Are the policies consistent? What interests do they mean to protect - wildlife or people? Or does it depend on the circumstances? What are Leopold's views? Use the migratory birds and grizzly bears as examples.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Leopold's land ethic. Be sure to include a discussion of the following: ethics in general, what the land ethic is, the reason why he developes this ethic, the premises behind the land ethic, and the implications of the land ethic for people.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Leopold's view of wildlife in American culture. What are the three different values that people have when it comes to nature? Which are most important and why? What roles do wildlife managers and administrators play?

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