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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. With what disease was Jensen diagnosed?

2. For what experience does Jensen learn he has been having flashbacks to and not realizing it?

3. What does Jensen say is the link between hot showers and the showers of Treblinka?

4. What has Jensen begun doing with his bee equipment?

5. In order to survive, what must we learn to discern the difference between?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jensen say is the real lesson of Jesus?

2. What does Jensen say about intimacy?

3. What does Jensen learn through his dream about the Dreamgiver?

4. What does Jensen say is the real lesson of Jesus?

5. How does food exemplify the difficulty of withdrawing oneself from the current economy?

6. In "Connection and Cooperation" how did the Indians punish the hunter who violated rules against over kill?

7. How does Jensen critique his writing in the chapter "Coercion?"

8. Why did Jensen's bees die?

9. Why does the Forest Service choose to give heart rot fungus to healthy trees?

10. What does Jensen's friend Dave think about his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In several places in the novel, Jensen questions the idea of individual ownership. For instance, when Jensen cleans his barn he wonders if he owns the mice and can do with them as he wishes just because he owns the barn. What is your opinion of this idea of personal ownership? What can be owned and what cannot?

Essay Topic 2

Do you believe that a life is made more valuable by truly getting to know oneself? How do you think the world would work if everyone took the road that Jensen did? Are wage workers a necessity of modern society? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the idea that nature wants to "play" with us. Do you think this is possible? Why or why not? Can you describe a circumstance where you believe nature was playing with you?

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