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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Cow.
(b) Fish.
(c) Chimp.
(d) Horse.

2. Every day, Salatin moves his cattle to a new _________ every day to ensure balance.
(a) Pen.
(b) Farm.
(c) Row.
(d) Pasture.

3. What would the company that raised Pollan's steer not allow him to do?
(a) Take any notes.
(b) Pay for his steer.
(c) Come to see the farm.
(d) Watch it be processed.

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

5. What is the number of the steer that Pollan has picked out for his meal?
(a) 534.
(b) 243.
(c) 1489.
(d) 2891.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ involves higher emotions of dread, shame, and fear, according to Pollan.

2. Each acre of corn, according to Pollan needs to have _________ gallons of fossil fuel to support it.

3. The manure of the _______ is spread on all of the pastures without fouling the pasture with too many droppings.

4. Pollan equates the feeling of everything coming into focused while also being completely relaxed to being ________.

5. What does Pollan admit he liked more than he had anticipated liking?

(see the answer key)

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