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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she was looking for in Tucson?
(a) Peace.
(b) Experience.
(c) Forgetfulness.
(d) Safety.

2. Whose loyalty does Barbara Kingsolver describe when she describes human loyalty?
(a) Husbands.
(b) Gang members.
(c) Sports fans.
(d) Political subjects.

3. What predisposes human males to infidelity, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) The desire to spread genes.
(b) The desire to gain status.
(c) The desire to possess females.
(d) The desire to further one's civilization.

4. What does anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman say about the African savannah?
(a) That it was the place where human development was first tested.
(b) That it created a certain kind of human creature, but the development would have been different in other environments.
(c) That it was the most important environment for human development.
(d) That it was the most hostile environment humans could have encountered at that stage of development.

5. Under what conditions will the pupfish be monogamous, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) After they have mated.
(b) When females are scarce.
(c) After they have chosen a life mate.
(d) When food is scarce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of musical training had Barbara Kingsolver had?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her school system would not have prepared her for?

3. What skill did Camille develop during Barbara Kingsolver's travels with her?

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver get instead of what she'd asked for, at Christmas?

5. How do Barbara Kingsolver's meditations on private property relate to her thoughts about moving to Tucson?

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