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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 forms a lake in Wisconsin that is half as long as the state itself?
2. According to the narrator in Chapter 14, what is the purpose of the farms they are passing by?
3. What is on top of the White Mountain?
4. What sport does the narrator think is very corrupt?
5. What is the numeon of the Sierra Madre?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the State Conservation Department buy back land along the Flambeau River?
2. Where is the history of the area of White Mountain recorded?
3. What are the three different values listed by the narrator that people have when it comes to nature?
4. What are the conditions that the narrator's father set when he gives the narrator permission to shoot partridges?
5. The narrator states that State College is more concerned with beauty and ease than with what?
6. Why should a person never return to nature twice?
7. How does the narrator believe conservation is taught?
8. What does the narrator state is the main premise for ethics and the environment?
9. According to the narrator, what are two problems that humans face with regards to the wilderness?
10. What two ideas that are part of the split-rail value does the narrator say the pioneer period creates?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the structure of the book. What are the three major sections of the book? Describe each section briefly. Why do you think the book is divided in this manner? What purpose does this serve for the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Leopold's view of hunting. Include both duck hunting and fox hunting in your discussion. What does he mean by a corrupt sport? How does this relate to his views on conservation? The land ethic?
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