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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 happens after the mice in the barn are killed?

2. What question does Jensen want answered while he is in school?

3. According to Jensen, what was the reason for him and his classmates to endure their time in school?

4. Who teaches Jensen's handball class?

5. In what does Jensen say his economic books should be written?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Jensen's dream about the cranes?

2. What does Jensen write that current culture presupposes?

3. How do the Semai resolve their arguments?

4. What does Jensen wonder about the ladybug pupae feel?

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

6. What was Jensen's childhood like?

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

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

9. What happens when Jensen tries to wall off the pain from his foot while jumping?

10. How does Jensen come to be high jumping?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the chapter "Insatiability" a Maori asks Jensen about his motivation for working for the indigenous people. What is your opinion of Jensen's motivations? Do you believe they are pure? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In his research with plants, Cleve Backster discovers that plants are affected by certain stimuli. What, in your opinion, does the outcome of this research mean? Why is it significant? Why was it so important to Jensen that he be able to witness a response from a plant instead of just taking Backster's word that it had happened?

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