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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. In Chapter 13, the narrator discusses the extinction of what?

2. What is on top of the White Mountain?

3. To the superficial eye, the Gavilan region is hard, stony and full of what?

4. Chapter 14 begins with a bus ride through which state?

5. What river does the narrator talk about in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to the narrator, what are two problems that humans face with regards to the wilderness?

6. What is meant by invasive species?

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

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

9. According to the narrator, why do people not go to Escudillo?

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

Discuss the biotic pyramid. What is it? How does it work? How does it relate to the land ethic? How does it relate to the balance of nature view?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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