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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 narrator feels that as everyone strives for safety, prosperity and comfort, life becomes what?

2. What bird is only found only in the sand counties?

3. What is another area of Wisconsin that the narrator has a deep love for?

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. According to the narrator, how many different components of the recreational process are there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the best way to manage national parks according to the narrator?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is meant by invasive species?

10. The narrator compares puccoons to what other plant and why?

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

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 3

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.

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