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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Storytelling".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the text refers to excessive pride or self-confidence?
(a) Eloquence.
(b) Hubris.
(c) Sanctity.
(d) Arbitration.

2. Americans eat how many times more chickens than they did 80 years ago?
(a) 50 times more.
(b) 25 times more.
(c) 100 times more.
(d) 150 times more.

3. What did the author change his college major to in his sophomore year?
(a) History.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Biology.

4. What was the immediate impetus that led the author to write Eating Animals?
(a) His father's death.
(b) His second marriage.
(c) Becoming a father.
(d) His promotion to health director.

5. What diet did Coretta Scott King adhere to?
(a) Pescetarian.
(b) Omnivorous.
(c) Vegan.
(d) Vegetarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does CFE stand for?

2. When was the polar bear Knut born?

3. The author claims that upwards of what percentage of all animals eaten in the U.S. come from factory farms?

4. About how many species of animals are housed at the Berlin zoo?

5. What livestock industry is, according to the author, by far the most ethically impressive segment of the meat industry?

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