3. What is the purpose of revisionist history, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) To describe history as a process of progress.
(b) To include other voices than white males' in historical narratives.
(c) To describe the randomness of key events in human history.
(d) To tell the stories of white males from new perspectives.

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

5. What made Barbara Kingsolver think that the creature was dead?
(a) He would get very cold.
(b) He would not move for days on end.
(c) He smelled like he was decaying.
(d) He would not appear to breathe.

6. What period did Steinberg conclude was most trying or parents?
(a) The first two years of college.
(b) Terrible twos.
(c) Adolescence.
(d) The first year.

7. What kind of poetry does Barbara Kingsolver survival requires?
(a) A poetry of pleasure.
(b) A poetry of hunger.
(c) A poetry of desire.
(d) A poetry of endurance.

8. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?
(a) Rare in nature.
(b) Common in vertebrates.
(c) The rule of nature.
(d) A common practice in primates.

9. What example does Barbara Kingsolver give us, to justify her characterization of her physique?
(a) She could not break 8 minutes for running a mile.
(b) She didn't break 100 pounds until the end of high school.
(c) She had to be carried up and down stairs.
(d) She had to shop in the men's section by high school.

10. What lesson does Barbara Kingsolver say she is teaching her daughter?
(a) That a woman has freedom to choose her sexual partners.
(b) That a woman can be head of a household.
(c) That a woman can benefit by divorce.
(d) That a marriage can remain intact through changes.

11. What is the benefit of establishing boundaries, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Fixing behavior quickly.
(b) Giving a child strong incentives.
(c) Allowing for individual interpretation.
(d) Controlling a child's behavior.

12. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe herself when she was in high school?
(a) A goody-goody.
(b) A nerd.
(c) A socialite.
(d) An egghead.

13. What skill did Camille develop during Barbara Kingsolver's travels with her?
(a) She learned to recognize political propaganda.
(b) She became bi-lingual.
(c) She learned to play violin.
(d) She learned how to read.

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

15. What does Barbara Kingsolver join in the beginning of Essay 9: 'The Muscle Mystique'?
(a) A scientific study of weight and energy.
(b) A health club.
(c) A study group for a science class.
(d) A dieting group.