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QUESTION 1

1. Berry believes that the human capacity for symbolic thinking and the arts evolved inseparably from the creativity, biodiversity, and complexity – the wildness – of the surrounding natural world.

   
   True
   
   False
   

   
   

   QUESTION 2

   1. In Berry’s essay, the testimony of a hurricane survivor helps illustrate openness to creative human participation in the larger wild life of the planet.

      
      True
      
      False
      

      
      

      QUESTION 3

      1. “Wildness” for Berry refers to forces of nature that are destructive to human life and therefore are meant to be gradually domesticated and controlled by humans as we progress.

         
         True
         
         False
         

         
         

         QUESTION 4

         1. For Berry, the universe ultimately norms and judges all human activity – not vice versa.

            
            True
            
            False
            

            
            

            QUESTION 5

            1. “Wildness” for Berry names anything that threatens or degrades human religious values (the “sacred”), in any given tradition.

               
               True
               
               False
               

               
               

               QUESTION 6

               1. The Cenozoic is the name of the geological era in which human beings emerged on Earth – an era that (Berry notes) many believe to have now ended because of human impacts.

                  
                  True
                  
                  False
                  

                  
                  

                  QUESTION 7

                  1. Berry asserts that reconnecting with the world’s wildness is restorative to the human soul.

                     
                     True
                     
                     False