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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. According to the narrator, the difficult part about finding a way to return to nature is to find a way to do this without destroying what?

2. What animals do the grizzly bear eat in the spring?

3. What plant is the biggest problem in the northwestern foothills?

4. What sport does the narrator think is very corrupt?

5. When does the narrator kill his first partridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does peoples' ability to enjoy nature begin?

2. Why are public policies involved with outdoor recreation controversial?

3. According to the narrator, what do people need to do who are a part of recreational development?

4. According to the narrator, what are two problems that humans face with regards to the wilderness?

5. What are the three different values listed by the narrator that people have when it comes to nature?

6. What does the narrator consider to be part of the tragedy of the extinction of the passenger pigeon?

7. What is meant by invasive species?

8. The narrator states that State College is more concerned with beauty and ease than with what?

9. What is the best way to manage national parks according to the narrator?

10. Why does the narrator find that the sand farms aren't as poor as people think?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Leopold's view of the "gadget industry", tourism, and the advertising industries, with respect to wildlife and the wilderness. What roles do each play? How do they interact with nature? With each other? Give examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Leopold writes that a measure of success is how easy our lives are, yet too much safety means danger in the long run. Discuss. What does he mean? Use at least one specific example from the book. How does this relate to his views on conservation? The land ethic?

Essay Topic 3

Leopold writes that what people involve in recreational development of the wilderness needs to build receptivity into peoples' minds and make them want to protect nature and appreciate it, without the roads that damage it. Discuss. What does he mean? How does this relate to his views on conservation? The land ethic?

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