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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What notion does Barbara Kingsolver dismiss as absurd?
(a) That the state should subsidize all families with children.
(b) That parents should raise their own children.
(c) That parents need licensing.
(d) That children should be raised communally.

2. What skill did Camille develop during Barbara Kingsolver's travels with her?
(a) She learned to recognize political propaganda.
(b) She learned how to read.
(c) She learned to play violin.
(d) She became bi-lingual.

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe the photos that represent her past, now that she's moved to Tucson?
(a) Perfect photos.
(b) Incomplete photos.
(c) Artificial photos.
(d) Doctored photos.

4. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the mating ritual of the octopus?
(a) Violent.
(b) Accidental.
(c) Repetitive.
(d) Loving.

5. What argument of E.O. Wilson's does book reject?
(a) That morality is an evolutionary construct.
(b) That people have free will.
(c) That people are products of their environments.
(d) That genetics drives all of human existence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say the librarian might have seen in her?

3. What would Barbara Kingsolver find on the sidewalk in front of her house before she moved to Tucson?

4. When was Barbara Kingsolver recruited by the librarian?

5. How did Barbara Kingsolver respond to the demands of fashion as an adult?

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