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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. With what does Jack Forbes say that those who would destroy suffer?
2. In order to survive, what must we learn to discern the difference between?
3. What does Jensen say that we create?
4. Why does Jensen move to Spokane?
5. Who said "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jensen say that it takes in order for one to get to know oneself?
2. What two options does Jensen offer for the time when civilization finally collapses?
3. How did Jensen learn not to place his beehives in an aesthetic manner?
4. As a beekeeper, how did Jensen make money with his bees?
5. Why does the Forest Service choose to give heart rot fungus to healthy trees?
6. Briefly describe the parable of the box.
7. What does Jensen's friend Dave think about his life?
8. What does Jensen say is the real lesson of Jesus?
9. What does Jensen learn through his dream about the Dreamgiver?
10. Briefly describe the parable of the box.
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
Consider the idea in the chapter entitled "Violence" that by not killing the goose earlier Jensen caused two deaths. How responsible do you feel that Jensen is for the death of the hen? Is he just as guilty as the goose? How does this idea translate into the idea of criminals set free to kill, rape or steal again? Are those who set him free just as guilty as the criminal?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the interaction between the Maori Witi and Jensen. What does Witi hope to learn from Jensen? What is he trying to find out?
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