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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. How much grain and corn are used per year in animal agriculture?
2. Approximately how many people died of AIDS in 24 years?
3. When did Temple Grandin conduct an industrywide audit and conclude that the vast majority of slaughterhouses were unable to regularly render cattle unconscious with a single blow?
4. What percentage of slaughterhouse workers are injured every year?
5. Where is Paradise Locker Meats located?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe zoonotic disease and the "H" viruses as they affect humans?
2. How does the author describe the setup of the second farm he visited with C in "The Life and Death of a Bird"?
3. The author asserts that the ethical relationship of farmers to farm animals is unique. How does he elaborate on this?
4. What estimates does the WHO provide regarding future pandemics?
5. Why does the author discuss the 1918 flu pandemic?
6. Who is Lam Hoi-ka and why is he significant?
7. What company does Frank Reese run? What does it specialize in?
8. What is the justification provided by the author of the transcript in "I Am A Vegan Who Builds Slaughterhouses"?
9. What are the benefits and the detriments of the water-immersion system in poultry production?
10. Why does the author admire Frank Reese?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the connections between avian influenza and the human flu. When and where did the human flu first originate? What has led to the pandemics that the author discusses in the book? What does he foresee in our future regarding pandemics? Do you agree? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the history of domesticated poultry from early domestication to today. How have our relationships with animals changed over time? What has caused those changes? How have our connections with our food's origins transitioned?
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