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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Every day, the ________ pens are moved to ensure that the droppings spread evenly.
(a) Horse.
(b) Cow.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Pig.

2. In the early 19th century, Americans were drinking more alcohol, which cause the Alcohol _________.
(a) Economy.
(b) Boozefest.
(c) Issue.
(d) Republic.

3. Pollan points out that the Republic of _______ exists today because of all of the excess corn in the market.
(a) Fat.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Obesity.
(d) Excess.

4. Activists appear to look at the __________ animal, which is not applicable to the natural world.
(a) Individual.
(b) Relationship of an.
(c) Species of an.
(d) Distinct.

5. To help combat how much a person can eat, the food industry has created ________ starch that can allow people to eat more.
(a) Liquid.
(b) Combatant.
(c) Resistant.
(d) Truthful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the company that raised Pollan's steer not allow him to do?

2. The modern CAFO does not take into consideration the _________ of an animal when processing them.

3. Some believe that human ________ is different from that of animals because humans are capable of suffering.

4. In a bad corn year, the food industry might use __________ as a replacement in many foods.

5. What helps to reduce evaporation in the fields, and help to produce more carbon for the plants in the farm?

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