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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where are dogs still eaten to overcome bad luck?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) Germany.
(c) The Republic of Congo.
(d) France.
2. Where was the farmer from that brought the author's grandmother food as she was starving at the end of the war?
(a) Bosnia.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) Ireland.
3. What word from the text refers to the belief that human beings are the most significant entity of the universe?
(a) Anthropomonism.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Anthropocentrism.
(d) Anthropodeism.
4. At about what age is the modern broiler chicken killed?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Three months.
5. How old does the author say he was when his family fostered a cousin's dog and he kicked it?
(a) Nine.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.
Short Answer Questions
1. What beverage did the author's grandmother often push him to drink?
2. How much flower does the author describe finding in the basement of his 90-year-old grandmother's home?
3. Where was the author living when he and his wife came upon George?
4. What does CFE stand for?
5. What did the author change his college major to in his sophomore year?
Short Essay Questions
1. What aspect of fellowship does the author challenge as offered by Michael Pollan?
2. What is meant by "factory farming"?
3. What are broiler chickens and why does the author assert they are lucky in comparison to laying hens?
4. What does "Kosher" mean and how has this affected the author's diet?
5. Discuss the author's story of his grandmother's encounter with a Russian farmer. What does this story demonstrate?
6. How does the author describe the concepts and statistics of pets in the U.S.?
7. How have chicken and egg production changed since the 1930s?
8. What is a downer? How does the author describe downers in the industrial farming industry?
9. What does CFE refer to? Why does the author criticize it?
10. How does the author describe his experience at the Berlin zoo in "Shame"?
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