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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. What is there room for in the world of economics?
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Joy.

2. Why does Jensen enjoy his economics classes?
(a) He doesn't take them seriously.
(b) He likes money.
(c) He doesn't enjoy them.
(d) He understands the concepts.

3. How many people speak out against violence in disciplining children on the radio talk show that Jensen listens to?
(a) All the callers.
(b) Two
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

4. What animal cares for the Sand Creek massacre survivors?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Cat.
(d) Bear.

5. What is the essence of silencing?
(a) The loss of language.
(b) The misuse of language.
(c) The inability to remember.
(d) The willingness to forget.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the original meaning of the word economics?

2. What causes Jensen's dog to die?

3. Which Maori interrogates Jensen?

4. What does Jensen indicate is the key to interspecies communication?

5. What types of books were Jensen's family members allowed to read on the Sabbath?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jensen say that economics textbooks should be written in blood?

2. Describe a conversation of death.

3. According to Jensen, what is the purpose of silencing?

4. Why did the newspaper journalists believe that the Yanomame Indians were stupid?

5. What is the coyote tree?

6. Why does Jensen believe that Jesus was a feminist of sorts?

7. Why does Jensen take the two chicks to the coyote tree?

8. Researchers that experimented with baby monkeys determined who to be the best monsters?

9. Why does Jensen say that he can provide no scientific verification for conversations between humans and nonhumans?

10. Describe one of the ways in which Jensen says that humans justify their actions even if these actions are cruel or make no sense.

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