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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In B's lecture, "The Great Forgetting," he says he would wager that geneticists do not spend an hour a day reading what book?
(a) The Interpretation of Dreams.
(b) On the Origin of Species.
(c) The Double Helix.
(d) Cosmos.

2. What does B say is the origin of the world's population explosion?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) The Great War.
(d) The Agricultural Revolution.

3. When does B say Salvationist religions came about?
(a) 0 to 1200 C.E.
(b) 500 to 1400 C.E.
(c) 0 to 500 C.E.
(d) 1400 to 1900 C.E.

4. On what date is B's "The Great Forgetting" lecture presented?
(a) May 21.
(b) May 16.
(c) May 2.
(d) May 28.

5. Who does Jared visit on June 8, looking for clues about Michael and Shirin, before going to find new spellings for Michael's name?
(a) Bonnie.
(b) Frau.
(c) Gustl.
(d) Monika.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does B say won a Nobel Prize for his work with DDT?

2. B says Homo sapiens were first seen on the planet how long ago?

3. Who does Jared entrust with a tape recording of a conversation with Lulfre?

4. B believes cultures should be what?

5. What is the name of the doctor in the book B reads about population?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, according to the lecture, The Great Forgetting, can one can offer to show someone how to be saved and be understood anywhere in the world?

2. What is The Great Forgetting?

3. How are Charles, Shirin, and Jared all B?

4. How does Albrecht react when Jared says war is an accomplishment of the modern culture?

5. Why does Jared flee the Company Farm?

6. Even though B says cultural collapse is occurring, what does he say the good news is?

7. What does B say caused the advent of Judaism, Brahmanism, Hinduism, Shintoism, and Buddhism?

8. Why does Jared believe the tribal lifestyle worked?

9. How does B draw a comparison between a frog and Man?

10. Why does B argue with what people in the 1950s said about Man and his place in the scheme of things?

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