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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. Of what ethno-religious heritage does the author descend?

2. How much flower does the author describe finding in the basement of his 90-year-old grandmother's home?

3. In how many U.S. states is it legal to eat dog?

4. At about what age is the modern broiler chicken killed?

5. When was the polar bear Knut born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irony does the author point out in "A Case for Eating Dogs"?

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

3. What is a downer? How does the author describe downers in the industrial farming industry?

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

5. What inspired the author to write Eating Animals?

6. What does feed conversion refer to?

7. What is Farm Sanctuary and what is its mission?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's relationship with his grandmother and the influences that his grandmother had on him. How did her perseverance during the war inspire the author? What was her relationship to food? How is the story about the Russian farmer relevant to the themes of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the author's experience stealing into industrial farms with C in the narrative. How did the author and C enter the farms? What did they discover inside? How did these experiences affect the author?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks to having an omnivorous diet. How has having an omnivorous diet changed in the past 50 years? What are the most prevalent meats eaten in the U.S.? What health factors are discussed in the book regarding eating meat?

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