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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the farmer use to cover the chicken waste in the compost pile?
(a) Wood chips.
(b) Manure.
(c) Soil.
(d) Apples.

2. Wallerstein originally worked for a _______ where he learned he could entice people to buy more with larger sizes.
(a) Library.
(b) Movie theater.
(c) University.
(d) Restaurant.

3. There are parts of the world, Pollan points out, where the only use of the land is for _______, otherwise it would be useless.
(a) Farming.
(b) Display.
(c) Grazing.
(d) Moving.

4. The soda industry began to ______ their sodas, which led people to drink more and to buy more.
(a) Add nutrients.
(b) Add contests to.
(c) Change the names of.
(d) Supersize.

5. Singer argues that a lifetime of __________ for an animal does not justify the pleasure of a man's taste buds.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Revelation.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the development lab that Pollan visits in order to learn more about corn?

2. Where do all of the parts of the corn end up in as a result of the new process to separate its parts?

3. Salatin doesn't follow the USDA guidelines by processing his _________ in an open air building without any walls.

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

5. Bentham makes the argument that if there are some humans that lack the brainpower of a ________, why are they still included in the moral argument?

(see the answer key)

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