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The Eagle
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

On the basis of above poem please answer the following question
To which of the following do the words "azure world" most likely refer?

  1. a forest
  2. the sky
  3. the cliff
  4. nature
  5. God

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The word azure means blue and is often used to describe the sky. Neither a forest nor cliffs are azure (choices a and c), and neither God nor nature is mentioned as an entity in the poem (choices d and e).



The Eagle
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

On the basis of above poem please answer the following question
To which of the following do the words "azure world" most likely refer?

  1. a forest
  2. the sky
  3. the cliff
  4. nature
  5. God

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

It is the wrinkled sea that crawls in the first line of the second stanza of the poem.



INDEX
fire protection, 5155, 108, 115
forest conflicts: European, 8, 9193, 116117,
133134, 186188
forest destruction and ecological decline, 143; and
fire, 3135; and industrialization, 156173; and
railways 2729; and scientific forestry, 6061; and
villagers, 107, 115116; and World Wars, 4243,
4647
forest fires, 72, 87, 100105, 124; and pasture, 48,
5153, 115118; arson, 51, 122, 126130; see also
fire protection
forest law: breaches of, 3441, 4952, 55, 70,
115116, 121123; see also forest conflicts
forest management: and agrarian economy, 104105,
121, 186189; and imperial needs, 28, 35; and
slash-and-burn farming, 1218, 48; and commercial
orientation of, 3032; peasant resistance to,
6976, 89, 99106

On the basis of above Index please answer the following question
On the basis of the index, on which page would you be most likely to find information about the outlawed practice of burning forested areas to create fields for grazing small herds of livestock?

  1. page 89
  2. page 55
  3. page 107
  4. page 48
  5. page 51

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

Page 89 (choice a) deals with peasant resistance; page 55 (choice b) with fire protection; page107 (choice c) with villagers; page 48 (choice d) with slash-and- burn farming. All might pertain some what to the question, but the index lists page51 (choice e) under the topics of both pasture and arson (which is illegal burning), so it is the best choice.



INDEX
fire protection, 5155, 108, 115
forest conflicts: European, 8, 9193, 116117,
133134, 186188
forest destruction and ecological decline, 143; and
fire, 3135; and industrialization, 156173; and
railways 2729; and scientific forestry, 6061; and
villagers, 107, 115116; and World Wars, 4243,
4647
forest fires, 72, 87, 100105, 124; and pasture, 48,
5153, 115118; arson, 51, 122, 126130; see also
fire protection
forest law: breaches of, 3441, 4952, 55, 70,
115116, 121123; see also forest conflicts
forest management: and agrarian economy, 104105,
121, 186189; and imperial needs, 28, 35; and
slash-and-burn farming, 1218, 48; and commercial
orientation of, 3032; peasant resistance to,
6976, 89, 99106

On the basis of above Index please answer the following question
On what cause of forest destruction does the author of the textbook focus most, from the evidence of the index?

  1. industrialization
  2. fire damage
  3. railroads
  4. ecological decline
  5. scientific forestry

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Although there are more entries in the index having to do with fire, arson, and fire protection, the greatest number of pages listed under the topic of forest destruction is industrialization 18 pages.






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