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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan doesn't feel the same about the picture a few months later and wonders which emotion is more accurate - the happiness or the ________.

2. What is the name of the person that Pollan goes with to deliver the foods to local restaurants?

3. What is Pollan eating when he attempts to read Peter Singer's book?

4. Who has helped Bev out by giving him a lot of produce to get by?

5. Pollan wants to say ________ to the animals for the meal, but realizes this is already in the meal.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pollan think that the hunter-gatherer food chain is not a realistic choice?

2. What is the fundamental argument in Singer's book about the ethics of meat?

3. What do omnivores do when they are faced with a new food?

4. What does Ortega y Gasset have to say about the idea of hunting?

5. What is the other part of the meal that Pollan has to abandon as a part of his plan?

6. What are some of the ways in which humans have learned to overcome the plant's defenses?

7. What is Pollan surprised about when he begins to eat the meal that he has prepared?

8. What does Pollan believe that CAFO does not take into consideration when processing meat?

9. What does Salatin suggest stores should do with their food which might make consumers shop differently?

10. What is the reason why Garro hunts for the food in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The industrial method of growing corn appears to be causing more environmental damage than many might believe.

Part 1: Do you think farmers consider the environmental damage when growing corn?

Part 2: Do you think that farming can be more efficient? How?

Part 3: Why do you think industrial farming is so inefficient today?

Essay Topic 2

Locally grown foods are said to taste better than those that are shipped from far away places.

Part 1: Do you think local foods are better for those who eat them?

Part 2: Why do you think locally grown foods might taste better?

Part 3: How do you choose your foods - price or taste?

Essay Topic 3

Corn is a food that seems to be dominant in the food chain, with it being a food for animals as well as a food for humans.

Part 1: Is it a good idea to have one food be so dominant in a food culture?

Part 2: Why do you think corn is something that is so dominant in the food culture?

Part 3: How do you think society can get away from corn or can it?

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