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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Plants Respond; and Death and Awakening.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jensen really go to graduate school?
(a) To learn economics.
(b) To further his education.
(c) To keep from having to go to work.
(d) To continue high jumping.

2. What does Jensen do for a living?
(a) Travels.
(b) Paints.
(c) Writes.
(d) Teaches.

3. When did Jensen's bees first die?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1990.

4. What two things does Jensen indicate are often associated in modern culture?
(a) Sex and death.
(b) Sex and life.
(c) Life and violence.
(d) Violence and sex.

5. How old was Jensen when he was diagnosed with Crohn's?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Thirty-one.
(d) Fourteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jensen say is the point of life?

2. What does the homeless man who sees Jensen digging in the trash offer him?

3. What does Jensen say we cannot do with our anger?

4. Which Maori interrogates Jensen?

5. At what university did Jensen teach a creative writing class?

(see the answer key)

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