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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Barbara Kingsolver's creature live?
(a) A shoebox.
(b) A terrarium.
(c) A birdcage.
(d) An aquarium.

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say early anthropologists say about hunting?
(a) That it was more important than is thought.
(b) That it was the first thing to distinguish humans from other creatures.
(c) That it was the basis for all human religions that followed.
(d) That it was the first evidence of social evolution influencing species evolution.

3. What resulted from the need to hunt, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) The need to eliminate competitors for game.
(b) The need to walk upright.
(c) The need to wage war.
(d) The need to communicate.

4. How did Barbara Kingsolver find a way to co-exist peacefully with her environment?
(a) By trapping and relocating the animals.
(b) By getting used to animals in her garden.
(c) By enclosing her garden.
(d) By shooting the animals.

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver think about after her discovery?
(a) Time and change.
(b) Life and death.
(c) Modern necessities.
(d) Birth and aging.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Barbara Kingsolver think the creature was reacting to?

2. What kind of poetry does Barbara Kingsolver survival requires?

3. How did private property develop, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

4. What made Barbara Kingsolver think that the creature was dead?

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

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