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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ancient Greek physician praised dog meat as a source of strength?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Hippocrates.

2. When was Farm Sanctuary founded?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1969.

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

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

5. What prominent animal physiologist discovered the lateralization of avian brains?
(a) Dr. Keith Thomas.
(b) Dr. Stanley Curtis.
(c) Dr. Frank Reese.
(d) Dr. Lesley Rogers.

6. In what states does the author's activist friend "C" say shew grew up?
(a) Wisconsin and Texas.
(b) Iowa and Idaho.
(c) New York and California.
(d) Arkansas and Louisiana.

7. Where are dogs still eaten to overcome bad luck?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) The Republic of Congo.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

8. What did the author's grandmother's family have every Friday to eat?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Muffins.
(c) Ice cream sundaes.
(d) Mashed potatoes.

9. At about what age is the modern broiler chicken killed?
(a) Three months.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Six weeks.

10. The author asserts that in his family's tradition, food serves two purposes. It nourishes and it does what?
(a) Gives you groundedness.
(b) Calms the soul.
(c) Soothes weary spirits.
(d) It helps you remember.

11. How much flower does the author describe finding in the basement of his 90-year-old grandmother's home?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 60 pounds.
(c) 30 pounds.
(d) 50 pounds.

12. When was the polar bear Knut born?
(a) July 7, 2007.
(b) December 5, 2006.
(c) September 3, 2003.
(d) March 12, 1999.

13. What is the approximate annual budget of Farm Sanctuary?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $4 million.
(c) $6 million.
(d) $2 million.

14. How many more times in volume of greenhouse gases do omnivores contribute than vegans?
(a) Two times the volume.
(b) Seven times the volume.
(c) Five times the volume.
(d) Three times the volume.

15. How many journalists came to Knut's public debut?
(a) 250.
(b) 100.
(c) 400.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the author's grandmother's first words upon seeing his son?

2. What does CFE stand for?

3. What kind of meat did the farmer bring to the author's grandmother when she was starving at the end of the war?

4. What does PETA stand for?

5. What animal scientist evaluated the cognitive abilities of pigs by training them to play a video game?

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