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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. What word from the text refers to the belief that human beings are the most significant entity of the universe?

2. Where is the kosher slaughterhouse Agriprocessors located?

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

4. Over how many land animals are slaughtered for food every year in America?

5. When was the polar bear Knut born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "Kosher" mean and how has this affected the author's diet?

2. What is the significance of the 60 pounds of flour in the author's grandmother's basement?

3. What aspect of fellowship does the author challenge as offered by Michael Pollan?

4. What does Foer point out about the fishing industry in "Friends and Enemies"?

5. What are broiler chickens and why does the author assert they are lucky in comparison to laying hens?

6. How does the author describe his experience at the Berlin zoo in "Shame"?

7. How do our food choices contribute to environmental degradation and global warming, according to the author in "Words/Meaning"?

8. How does the author describe the typical cage for egg-laying hens in "Battery Cage"?

9. Why does the author cite Franz Kafka in "Shame"?

10. What is bycatch and what are the environmental ramifications of bycatch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the life of a broiler chicken in an industrial farm. Where would the chicken be born? Where would it grow up? What would its surrounding be like? How long would it live? What would the conditions of its life be like?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the organization PETA. When was PETA founded? What is PETA's mission? What are acts of protest that have been performed by the members of PETA? What changes has PETA enacted? How?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of remembrance and forgetting in Eating Animals. How does the author develop these themes throughout the work? What symbolism connects to these themes? How do these themes connect to food?

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