Homework 2
All assignments are due by January 15th (fall term) or June 15th (spring term). No extensions allowed.
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Multiple choice: (10 points)
1. Which type of vegan diet do most plant-based doctors support?
a. Raw vegan
b. Fruitarian
c. HCLF vegan
d. any vegan diet is fine
2. What are the three main reasons people go vegan?
a. whales, chickens, and pigs
b. animal cruelty, factory farms, rain forests
c. personal health, dental hygiene, gluten-free
d. personal health, animal welfare, environmentalism
3. On average, how many years longer do whole-foods vegans live compared to the rest of the population?
a. 100 years
b. 10 years
c. 50 years
d. they are immortal
4. What do factory-farmed animals mostly eat?
a. grass and other food they would normally eat in the wild
b. corn and soy
c. whatever the farmers have on hand that day
d. animal feces, chemicals, hormones, and antibiotics
5. What is monoculture farming?
a. a time when all Americans were farmers
b. farmers who band together to form a single culture
c. growing the same type of crop and nothing else, which destroys plant variety
d. farming that produces a lot of greenhouse gases
Short answer: (please write at least 2-5 sentences per question) (20 points)
1. What is the main reason Christians or Jews become vegan?
2. What is the main reason Jains and Buddhists become vegan?
3. What is a Junk Food vegan?
4. Explain the difference between Raw Veganism and Fruitarianism.
5. Explain what a HCLF vegan is and what they eat.
Extra Credit: (30 points)
Personal Opinion: (please write at least 30 words per question)
1. If you were to go vegan, what would the biggest reason be? Personal Health, Animal Welfare, Environment? Why?
2. Were you aware before this class that there is a huge health epidemic (obesity and diet-driven diseases like heart disease) in most modern countries? Why or why not?
3. Were you aware of the factory farms and what happens inside them? Or of the significant damage animal agriculture does to the environment? Why or why not?
4. Which religion connected to veganism appeals to you the most? Why? (Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, etc)
1. Which type of vegan diet do most plant-based doctors support?
a. Raw vegan
b. Fruitarian
c. HCLF vegan
d. any vegan diet is fine
2. What are the three main reasons people go vegan?
a. whales, chickens, and pigs
b. animal cruelty, factory farms, rain forests
c. personal health, dental hygiene, gluten-free
d. personal health, animal welfare, environmentalism
3. On average, how many years longer do whole-foods vegans live compared to the rest of the population?
a. 100 years
b. 10 years
c. 50 years
d. they are immortal
4. What do factory-farmed animals mostly eat?
a. grass and other food they would normally eat in the wild
b. corn and soy
c. whatever the farmers have on hand that day
d. animal feces, chemicals, hormones, and antibiotics
5. What is monoculture farming?
a. a time when all Americans were farmers
b. farmers who band together to form a single culture
c. growing the same type of crop and nothing else, which destroys plant variety
d. farming that produces a lot of greenhouse gases
Short answer: (please write at least 2-5 sentences per question) (20 points)
1. What is the main reason Christians or Jews become vegan?
2. What is the main reason Jains and Buddhists become vegan?
3. What is a Junk Food vegan?
4. Explain the difference between Raw Veganism and Fruitarianism.
5. Explain what a HCLF vegan is and what they eat.
Extra Credit: (30 points)
Personal Opinion: (please write at least 30 words per question)
1. If you were to go vegan, what would the biggest reason be? Personal Health, Animal Welfare, Environment? Why?
2. Were you aware before this class that there is a huge health epidemic (obesity and diet-driven diseases like heart disease) in most modern countries? Why or why not?
3. Were you aware of the factory farms and what happens inside them? Or of the significant damage animal agriculture does to the environment? Why or why not?
4. Which religion connected to veganism appeals to you the most? Why? (Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, etc)