A Language Older Than Words Test | Final Test - Easy

Derrick Jensen
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A Language Older Than Words Test | Final Test - Easy

Derrick Jensen
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of insects does Jensen try his hand at raising?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Cockroaches.
(c) Honeybees.
(d) Ants.

2. What group was not backing the fight to build an observatory on Mount Graham?
(a) Max Planck Institue.
(b) Vatican.
(c) University of Arizona.
(d) Apache Indians.

3. What does Jensen say underlies the different forms of coercion?
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Production.
(d) Silence.

4. On what has Backster not experimented?
(a) Yogurt.
(b) Bacteria.
(c) Cats.
(d) Plants.

5. What does Jensen say when he is passed the talking stick?
(a) He says if he had a chance to live his life again he would have killed his father.
(b) He tells the group he is a cannibal.
(c) He refuses to talk with the stick.
(d) He tells the group members they are misusing the stick.

6. In order to survive, what must we learn to discern the difference between?
(a) Good and bad people.
(b) Atrocities and mistakes.
(c) Things that are good and bad for the environment.
(d) Real and false hopes.

7. Which fairy tale does psychologist Rollo May use allegorically?
(a) Snow White.
(b) Briar Rose.
(c) Sleeping Beauty.
(d) Rapunzel.

8. Why does Jensen move to Spokane?
(a) To study writing.
(b) To retire.
(c) To live with his father.
(d) To get a job.

9. How long do bees live?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

10. What does Jensen conclude that it is the responsibility of members of a community to do?
(a) Ignore each other.
(b) Work with each other.
(c) Feed each other.
(d) Beat each other.

11. Does Dr. Herman believe the perpetrators of atrocities believe their own lies?
(a) Maybe.
(b) She has no idea.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

12. What is not a symptom of Crohn's?
(a) Growth spurts.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Stomach cramps.
(d) High fever.

13. What does Jensen say that coercion is central to in our culture?
(a) Our applied sciences.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Our economics.
(d) Our religion.

14. What fruit requires a wasp to pollinate it?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Figs.
(c) Pineapples.
(d) Grapefruit.

15. What is not a characteristic of a high-rape culture?
(a) Sexually segregated.
(b) Care of children is devalued.
(c) Belief in a female deity.
(d) High level of militarization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of people does Jensen say are not the gods of our society?

2. What system to manage wealth will allow a society to be insecure?

3. What animal often kills bee colonies?

4. What does the word "kairos" mean?

5. How many times did Jensen's father ask if he could attend Jensen's jump meet?

(see the answer keys)

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