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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 are the fastest shrinking wilderness areas?

2. According to the narrator, the land ethic changes the role of humans from conquerors to what?

3. When does the narrator buy a farm?

4. When the narrator goes with his brother to the Colorado Delta, they camp on an estuary near the place where what bird roosts?

5. When the narrator sees the air hole, what does he decide to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where is the history of the area of White Mountain recorded?

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

4. What is meant by invasive species?

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What does the narrator state is the main premise for ethics and the environment?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leopold writes that a measure of success is how easy our lives are, yet too much safety means danger in the long run. Discuss. What does he mean? Use at least one specific example from the book. How does this relate to his views on conservation? The land ethic?

Essay Topic 2

There are numerous examples of anthropomorphism in the book. Explain what this term means. Give at least five examples of how the author uses it. Discuss why he uses this technique.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Leopold's view of land health. What is his concept of land? What does he mean by land health? What are the competing views of land health amongst conservation scientists? Do we achieve land health? How?

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