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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. According to B's lecture, "The Great Forgetting," who is the author of "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium"?
(a) Halley.
(b) Kepler.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Copernicus.

2. What does Jared say is his favorite time for calling the receptionist at the recovery center.
(a) Midnight.
(b) 1 a.m.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

3. When does B say the age of war began?
(a) 2000 to 1000 B.C.E.
(b) 1000 to 1 B.C.E.
(c) 5000 to 3000 B.C.E.
(d) 9000 to 6000 B.C.E.

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

5. What mythologist does B make reference to in "The Collapse of Values"?
(a) Edith Hamilton.
(b) Linda Reid.
(c) Joseph Campbell.
(d) Robert Graves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does B say is the origin of the world's population explosion?

2. Jared says the tape recording he made of a conversation with Lulfre is gone because he is too what?

3. Is his June 8 entry, what time does Jared say he became homeless?

4. What happens to the tape recording Jared made of a conversation with Lulfre?

5. When does B say crime emerged as a problem?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does B explain how population increased since Homo sapiens first appeared on the earth?

2. In his May 31 entry, why does Jared say he cannot call Germany and make sure Shirin and Michael are all right?

3. In B's metaphor about boiling a frog, when does he say the water begins to boil for Man?

4. Why does Jared speak directly to his reader in the epilogue?

5. Why does B say an increase in food production will not help the millions that are starving in the world?

6. Why does B believe the Agricultural Revolution caused problems for mankind?

7. What does B say about individual cultures and their place in the scheme of things?

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

9. In what manner does B teach about population?

10. How does B draw a parallel between Eastern and Western cultures?

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