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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. The top of the White Mountain is originally only accessible to whom?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 14, what is the purpose of the farms they are passing by?

3. The narrator says that professors serve what?

4. Who actually kills the bear?

5. What steers the course of history, according to scientists?

Short Essay Questions

1. The narrator says that he thinks getting rid of the wolves means more deer, but this isn't the case in the long run. Why?

2. The narrator states that State College is more concerned with beauty and ease than with what?

3. What does the narrator consider to be part of the tragedy of the extinction of the passenger pigeon?

4. How does peoples' ability to enjoy nature begin?

5. What are the conditions that the narrator's father set when he gives the narrator permission to shoot partridges?

6. Why does the State College want farmers to plant Chinese elms rather than cottonwoods?

7. Why should a person never return to nature twice?

8. According to the narrator, what do people need to do who are a part of recreational development?

9. Why does the State Conservation Department buy back land along the Flambeau River?

10. Why does the narrator say that nobody knows all the terrain on top of the White Mountain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leopold describes his travels to some specific areas. Choose one of these. Describe the area that is involved and what the environment is. Why does Leopold include this specific area? How does this relate to his land ethic?

Essay Topic 2

Leopold writes "The life of every river sings its own song". Discuss. What does he mean? How does it relate to the land ethic?

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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