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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. B says Man has forgotten a time before what era?
(a) The Middle Ages.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The Industrial Revolution.
(d) The Agricultural Revolution.

2. In what year does the book "Silent Spring" come out?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1935.

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

4. What is the name of the receptionist at the recovery center where Jared goes after he leaves the hospital?
(a) Alex.
(b) Barry.
(c) Ross.
(d) Tim.

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) Monika.
(b) Gustl.
(c) Bonnie.
(d) Frau.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jared address directly in his Epilogue?

2. Where do doctors at the hospital tell Jared his belongings from the hotel are?

3. On what date does B give the lecture, "The Boiling Frog"?

4. In what city does B give the lecture, "The Boiling Frog"?

5. What does B say is the first global salvationist religion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jared reply when Albrecht sneeringly asks if he is now B when they think Shirin is dead?

3. 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?

4. Why does Jared flee the Company Farm?

5. What happens when Jared smashes his ammonite fossil?

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

7. How does B say Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" caused a change in the world?

8. In what manner does B teach about population?

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

10. How does Jared lose the tapes he had recorded of B's lectures?

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