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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Words/Meaning" – "Hiding/Seeking".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately when were chickens domesticated?
(a) 8,000 BCE.
(b) 2,000 BCE.
(c) 5,000 BCE.
(d) 6,000 BCE.

2. What word from the text refers to the urge to project human experience onto other animals?
(a) Anthropodeism.
(b) Anthropomonism.
(c) Anthropocentrism.
(d) Anthropomorphism.

3. On what day did the author's grandmother's family bake bread each week?
(a) Wednesdays.
(b) Mondays.
(c) Thursdays.
(d) Tuesdays.

4. What kind of bread does the author recall eating at his grandmother's house every weekend as a child?
(a) Pita.
(b) Challah.
(c) Pumpernickel.
(d) Dutch Crunch.

5. The author claims that upwards of what percentage of all animals eaten in the U.S. come from factory farms?
(a) 65%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 85%.
(d) 99%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many journalists came to Knut's public debut?

2. At about what weight are farmed pigs usually slaughtered?

3. What percentage of American households have at least one pet?

4. Whom does the author claim said that quitting smoking is among the easiest things one can do?

5. By what title does the author refer to his grandmother?

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