Today's quiz

[Grkovich, Alex]

Mine is also A,A,A,A,A.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mike Soukup [SMTP:mikayak3 at home.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 07, 2002 4:45 PM
> To:	patfoley at csus.edu
> Cc:	'leps-l at lists.yale.edu'
> Subject:	Re: Today's quiz
> 
> Easy one...
> 
> A,A,A,A,A.
> 
> What do I win????
> 
> ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> Patrick Foley wrote:
> 
> > Dear class,
> >
> > It is that time again, first quiz of the semester!!! Based on our
> > readings from the leps-list during the semester so far, please circle
> > the answer you agree with most.
> >
> > 1) Humans are part of the earth's ecosystem, therefore
> > a) we should do anything we please since that is what all the other
> > animals and plants are doing.
> > b) we should take some responsibility for our messes and mistakes, and
> > leave a little room for others.
> >
> > 2) Paul Ehrlich's predictions of doom have not all come true, therefore
> > a) he is an evil genius attempting to destroy the American way of life.
> > b) he does exagerrate, but almost all of the dangers he identifies are
> > real, do need attention, and have gotten attention precisely because of
> > doomsayers like him.
> >
> > 3) Jeffrey Glassberg believes most butterfly natural history is better
> > done with binoculars than nets, and he may also have a law degree,
> > therefore
> > a) he is an evil genius attempting to enlist hordes of birdwatchers to
> > destroy the American way of life.
> > b) he is helping to improve some natural history skills of the general
> > public and produce a few nice photos on the side.
> >
> > 4) E. O. Wilson spends more time on ants than butterflies, but among his
> > thousands of pages of writings, he dares to mention butterflies,
> > therefore
> > a) he is an evil genius, bent on destroying the self esteem of people
> > who own butterfly nets.
> > b) he likes butterflies, and thinks that in overpopulated, urban
> > settings it would be the sensible thing to watch them more than kill
> > them.
> >
> > 5) The US Endangered Species Act of 1973 puts limitations on the
> > collection of an incredibly small fraction of the butterfly checklist,
> > therefore
> > a) soon we will be hunted down in our homes like drug criminals, and our
> > nets confiscated as paraphernalia.
> > b) Americans do care about things as economically insignificant as a
> > subspecies of blue, and, in order to protect it in an even-handed way
> > towards all citizens (required by the US Constitution's concept of equal
> > protection and due process etc.) will go to slightly ludicrous lengths
> > to assure the survival of both the butterfly and the Constitution.
> >
> > You may grade your own quiz answers in any way you like, because here in
> > America, we can say anything we want no matter how dumb. If you live in
> > some other country, you may ignore this quiz as just another example of
> > kooky American self-absorption.
> >
> > Yours academically,
> > Dr. Patrick Foley
> > patfoley at csus.edu
> >
> > PS For extra credit, please find out what 'paraphernalia' really means
> > and see how it connects to the release of butterflies at weddings!
> >
> > PPS This quiz is dedicated to the dark humorist Anne Kilmer, hoping she
> > is well enough to enjoy it.
> >
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