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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of animals does Jensen raise?

2. What does Jensen say is the best thing that happened to him at the School of Mines?

3. What does Jensen begin doing when he doesn't jump well?

4. How does Jensen say a person should define themselves?

5. Why does Jensen really go to graduate school?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Jensen write in the chapter "The Safety of Metaphor" that the salmon and humans are similar?

2. Describe a conversation of death.

3. Why does Jensen not believe that General Norman Schwarzkopf should be considered a hero?

4. According to Jensen, what is the role of heroes?

5. What does Jensen's nine-year-old friend tell him about the bushes in his yard?

6. What activities do Jensen's students participate in during his creative writing class and what is the purpose of these activities?

7. In what way is high jumping therapeutic for Jensen?

8. What does Jensen write that current culture presupposes?

9. What is the original meaning of the word "economics?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In his chapter "Claims to Virtue," Jensen mentions that Jesus is a feminist of sorts. Search the Christian Bible for examples of Jesus' actions that may have lead Jensen to this conclusion. Describe what you find and explain if you agree or disagree with Jensen's belief.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the interaction between the Maori Witi and Jensen. What does Witi hope to learn from Jensen? What is he trying to find out?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the idea that some cultures do not thrive on violence but instead discourage it. Why do these cultures disappear?

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