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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say Wilson ignores?
(a) Genetic influences.
(b) Modern social forces.
(c) Natural forces.
(d) Environmental influences on behavior.

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. Why were women relegated to household chores, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Men would not let them into the workplace.
(b) Men could support them.
(c) Women were not educated.
(d) They were better at it than men.

4. What did the library recruit Barbara Kingsolver for?
(a) Evaluating the books in the library.
(b) Raising money for the library.
(c) Organizing the library.
(d) Buying new books for the library.

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver grow up expecting?
(a) A knight on a white horse.
(b) A romantic poet.
(c) Prince Charming.
(d) A certain amount of abuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver teach her daughter, instead of showing her how to make hospital corners?

2. What was the creature's reaction to Arizona?

3. Where did Barbara Kingsolver live when Camille was four?

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she was looking for in Tucson?

5. Where does Barbara Kingsolver say U.S. culture is going?

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