Final Exam – Page 1
Question 1.1. (TCO 8) As the Ojibwa people of Grassy Narrows found out, the symptoms of methyl mercury poisoning mimic the effects of: (Points : 5)
Alcohol abuse
Cocaine addiction
Hyperactivity
None of the above
Question 2.2. (TCO 8) In Melanie Dupuis’s phrase NIMB, the B stands for: (Points : 5)
Backyard
Body
Building
Business
Question 3.3. (TCO 8) A University of Massachusetts study refutes claims of pervasive environmental racism. Which of the following statements characterizes how this study was conducted? (Points : 5)
The study was funded by the largest U. S. handler of toxic waste.
The study excluded poor rural areas where a high percentage of minorities reside.
The study excluded many areas where toxic waste landfills are located.
All of the above
Question 4.4. (TCO 8) Ulrich Beck argues that the driving force behind the risk society can be characterized by which of the following statements? (Points : 5)
I am hungry.
I am angry.
I am lonely.
I am afraid.
Question 5.5. (TCO 8) Horizontal knowledge gaps are: (Points : 5)
gaps between experts and other experts.
gaps between experts and non experts.
gaps between professors and students.
gaps between parents and children.
Question 6.6. (TCO 8) Dialogue: (Points : 5)
can help us to trust the experts more.
can help us find more certainly in life.
can help us renew faith in science.
can help us be more certain about our decisions.
Question 7.7. (TCO 9) The most important feature of the carnivalesque body is: (Points : 5)
it is a source of bathroom humor.
it is forever interacting and exchanging with the natural world.
it is the source of our individualism.
it is dirty, indecent, and obscene.
Question 8.8. (TCO 9) Which of the following is a key characteristic of patriarchal dualisms? (Points : 5)
They are never gendered.
They reflect gradients on a continuum.
They always imply a hierarchy or moral judgment.
They reflect the interdependence between categories.
Question 9.9. (TCO 9) Through an ethnographic study of an English village, the author of our text demonstrates that: (Points : 5)
patriarchal stereotypes may be internalized.
the British are more environmentally sensitive than Americans.
patriarchal dualisms are peculiar to American attitudes on the environment.
men describe natural experiences using “metaphors of nurturing.”
Question 10.10. (TCO 9) The poetry of the Roman Horace is used by the author to illustrate what point? (Points : 5)
The moral superiority of environmental attitudes of the early Romans
The debate that raged as early as 20 BCE regarding the ethics of human transformation of the environment
The environmental destruction of lands conquered during Roman expansion
The power of poetry to express appreciation for the environment
