Overview Quiz

1. What is Musser's central claim about the origins of the environmental movement? *

A. That it began in the 1960s with Rachel Carson

B. That it has deep roots in nineteenth-century Germany, long before the 1960s

C. That it began in the United States after World War II

D. That it has no identifiable historical roots

2. What does Musser mean by "monism," and what does he equate it with? *

A. Belief in many gods, equated with paganism

B. Belief in reason alone, equated with the Enlightenment

C. Belief in oneness or fusion of humanity into nature, which he equates with fascism

D. Belief in strict separation of man and nature

3. Who coined the term "ecology" in 1866, according to the lesson? *

A. Charles Darwin

B. Francis Galton

C. Thomas Malthus

D. Ernst Haeckel

4. What is "Malthusian math," and how does Musser evaluate it? *

A. The claim that population outruns resources, which he says has repeatedly failed

B. A proven law of economics he fully endorses

C. A method for calculating crop yields

D. A theory about the age of the earth

5. What does the Nazi doctrine of "blood and soil" unite? *

A. Church and state

B. Racial identity (blood) with the land (soil)

C. Industry and agriculture

D. Science and religion

6. Which of these Nazi measures does Musser describe? *

A. A ban on all farming

B. The abolition of national parks

C. Mandatory hunting quotas for all citizens

D. A strict 1933 animal rights law and the first national protection of wolves

7. Why is Musser's book titled Nazi Oaks? *

A. Because the Nazis outlawed oak trees

B. Because oaks were used to build the death camps

C. Because the Nazis identified themselves with trees and the forest, seeing themselves rooted in the German landscape

D. Because Hitler was born near an oak forest

8. What does Musser call the 1935 Reich Nature Protection Act? *

A. The birth of totalitarian environmentalism

B. A harmless conservation measure

C. The first national park system

D. A failed piece of legislation never enforced

9. Which concept does Musser argue actually originated in Nazi Germany? *

A. Democracy

B. Free-market capitalism

C. Sustainable development

D. Representative government

10. Who does Musser identify as the father of deep ecology who visited and praised Nazi Germany in 1935? *

A. Goethe

B. Aldo Leopold

C. Martin Heidegger

D. Friedrich Ratzel